On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 07:49 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > > I don't see a solution there... Either a company patents it now as a > > protective measure or they let someone else do it. Either way > > it might end up owned by someone else later. What's the alternative? > > Patent it, then put the patent into the Public Domain. That's what > Benjamin Franklin, who argued passionately against having patents > at all, used to do. Is someone offering to cover the costs for that? > > Do you expect the patent office to suddenly start doing their job > > and disallowing patents that are obvious or mathematical algorithms? > > The Patent Office does not issue patents for algorithms, only for > applications of them to particular processes, or as improvements > thereto. >From a computer person's perspective, programs do nothing but algorithms. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
