> Gras and Golestanti have patented the software, yuck imagine if the fast fourier transform had been "patented" imagine if the "mean" (sum of all values div

> Gras and Golestanti have patented the software, yuck imagine if the fast fourier transform had been "patented" imagine if the "mean" (sum of all values divided by the number of values) had been patented do they even give the full algorithm in the paper? if not how was the paper published? OK went to the actual paper: http://goo.gl/hkiQKp http://goo.gl/hkiQKp How can they patent the algorithm when the work was funded by the government (i.e. the public)? Even if it's legal, it's not ethical.