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Re: Proprietary Software term
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Proprietary Software term |
Date: |
Sun, 19 Aug 2018 01:34:51 +0200 |
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Wols Lists <address@hidden> writes:
> On 18/08/18 23:28, David Kastrup wrote:
>> zip has been defined using patentable techniques (like
>> https://www.google.com/patents/US5051745) but the implementations are
>> usually unencumbered.
>
> Just because it has been patented does not mean it is patentable :-(
>
> Of course, the problem is persuading the Patent Offices (who are paid
> based on the patents they *issue*) that the patent applications are
> actually invalid.
>
> (A file is just a big number, or a collection of numbers. Anything that
> does not involve actual hardware is maths.
As any theoretical physicist will tell you, anything that involves
actual hardware also is maths.
It's a matter of the respective degrees and aspects.
Every mail I send to this list is representable as one large number.
That does not mean that, it being math, it will never contain patentable
matter.
--
David Kastrup
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- Re: Proprietary Software term, Wols Lists, 2018/08/18
- Re: Proprietary Software term, David Kastrup, 2018/08/18
- Re: Proprietary Software term, Wols Lists, 2018/08/18
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