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| From: | Hyman Rosen |
| Subject: | Re: The GPL and Patents: ROFL |
| Date: | Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:00:03 -0000 |
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On 8/18/2010 5:46 PM, RJack wrote:
On 8/18/2010 3:06 PM, Hyman Rosen wrote:Really, I have no idea what this absurd discussion is even about anymore. The notion that copyright does not apply to a computer program which implements a patented process is patently ridiculous,Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, "... a computer program ..." ? Nobody said "a computer program wasn't protected in the abstract -- only that specific lines implementing the patent's claims are not eligible in the context of the patent.
Yes, that's the absurd notion. It's just false. If you believe otherwise, perhaps you can point to a court case where copyright was disallowed on a work or parts of it because it implemented a patent claim?
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