From: "Chad R. Meiners" <crmeiners@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Software Patent Concerns => New Black Markets?
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:04:49 -0400
Date: 2003-08-18T15:04:49-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bhr80v$8pm$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.24.1061231507.299.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
"Robert C. Leif" <rleif@rleif.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.24.1061231507.299.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org...
> I also believe that mathematicians should be able to profit from their
> discoveries.
Well sometimes they can if their discoveries lead to a product or process
that is marketable ;-) Patenting a mathematical proof is just silly. Who
would you charge for using the proof? A proof is an argument about the
truth of a propertity. People can use the propertity without using the
proof. So what about patenting propertities? This too is silly since
propertities are naturally occuring. You might as well try to patent the
laws of nature.
Algorithms on the other hand are a slightly different beast as Alexander
pointed out. At least people can 'use' an algorithm ;-)
-CRM
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-08-18 19:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 292+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-08-02 10:06 Realtime/embedded project to help with employment Luke A. Guest
2003-08-06 0:35 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-06 12:00 ` Phil Thornley
2003-08-06 12:15 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-07 18:38 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-08 11:51 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-08 21:02 ` rleif
2003-08-09 14:00 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-09 15:53 ` Michael Erdmann
2003-08-10 5:01 ` rleif
2003-08-10 7:10 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-10 16:35 ` rleif
2003-08-10 17:53 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-12 16:14 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2003-08-12 18:12 ` Ed Falis
2003-08-10 22:45 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-08-12 14:55 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 12:59 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-13 13:46 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 14:50 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-13 17:02 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-12 14:59 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-12 15:05 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-08-12 15:16 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-12 16:08 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-08-12 17:35 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 7:33 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-08-13 7:45 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 10:13 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-08-13 11:00 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 11:48 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-08-13 12:12 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 11:32 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-12 16:17 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2003-08-13 3:58 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-19 13:54 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2003-08-10 17:04 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-11 14:20 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-12 12:34 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-12 13:48 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-13 3:58 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-13 7:14 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 13:24 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-13 13:54 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-15 0:19 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-15 8:35 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-15 14:26 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-15 14:37 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-15 16:14 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-16 10:02 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-16 18:07 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-18 6:38 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-18 13:34 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-18 15:43 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-18 18:36 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-18 20:30 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-18 21:32 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-18 19:04 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-18 19:28 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-19 6:29 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-19 20:48 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-16 13:57 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-16 18:18 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-16 18:33 ` Stephane Richard
2003-08-17 12:52 ` Stephane Richard
2003-08-17 13:20 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-08-18 6:41 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-17 23:03 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-18 1:51 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-13 11:14 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-08-13 12:49 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-08-13 23:34 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-13 12:34 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-13 13:10 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 13:30 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-13 13:47 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-14 12:32 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-14 13:56 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-15 12:22 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-17 7:47 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-13 13:55 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-08-14 12:40 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-18 11:10 ` Dale Stanbrough
2003-08-13 14:40 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-13 16:49 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-14 13:01 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-14 16:46 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-15 4:22 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-15 9:48 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-15 21:59 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-16 1:36 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-17 11:30 ` Simon Wright
2003-08-17 12:08 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-17 12:30 ` Jeffrey Creem
2003-08-16 1:58 ` George Shapovalov
2003-08-16 10:08 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-16 11:50 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-16 12:04 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-16 18:25 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-18 6:46 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-18 13:48 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-16 13:31 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-17 14:27 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-17 23:40 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-18 2:00 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-18 12:04 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-17 8:26 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-17 19:04 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-15 12:40 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-16 22:32 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-17 12:22 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-17 23:34 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-14 12:52 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-14 14:03 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-12 14:52 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 12:41 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-13 13:32 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-12 22:15 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-13 1:04 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-13 2:08 ` Wesley Groleau
2003-08-13 12:54 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-13 13:36 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 16:52 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-13 7:11 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 22:26 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-14 2:19 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-08-14 6:54 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-14 15:03 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-15 0:46 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-08-15 8:22 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-15 16:21 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-16 10:04 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-14 8:27 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-14 9:58 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-14 13:22 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-14 14:11 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-14 17:46 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-15 8:29 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-15 18:56 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-16 10:06 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 7:08 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 12:49 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-13 16:54 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-13 17:20 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-13 22:06 ` Dale Stanbrough
2003-08-13 23:40 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-14 6:49 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-14 13:11 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-14 14:06 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-14 20:35 ` Pascal Obry
2003-08-15 12:51 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-15 13:40 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-16 10:33 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-14 16:51 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-15 12:58 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-16 22:46 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-14 3:19 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-14 12:00 ` Dmytry Lavrov
2003-08-14 13:29 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-14 13:08 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-14 16:58 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-14 17:47 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-14 19:15 ` Stephane Richard
2003-08-15 8:26 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-15 13:04 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-15 13:57 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-16 22:49 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-17 14:07 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-17 23:45 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-15 16:13 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-16 2:27 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-08-16 10:02 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-16 10:01 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-16 11:03 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-16 11:39 ` Stephane Richard
2003-08-13 12:12 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-13 13:15 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-13 13:52 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-14 13:15 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-14 14:11 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-15 13:11 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-15 14:04 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-16 11:23 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-13 18:14 ` Georg B.
2003-08-14 13:25 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-15 9:35 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-15 13:17 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-15 14:50 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-14 17:05 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-15 8:44 ` ADCLing (was: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment.) Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-15 8:48 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-15 13:19 ` Realtime/embedded project to help with employment Marin David Condic
2003-08-15 14:12 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-16 11:43 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-16 11:59 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-16 14:55 ` Ludovic Brenta
2003-08-16 23:34 ` Software Patent Concerns => New Black Markets? Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-17 19:04 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-17 23:03 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-18 7:20 ` Ludovic Brenta
2003-08-18 14:25 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-08-18 14:38 ` chris
2003-08-19 10:36 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-19 11:32 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-08-18 18:31 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-18 19:04 ` Chad R. Meiners [this message]
2003-08-18 19:36 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-19 6:58 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-19 15:06 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-19 17:00 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-20 10:55 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-08-20 12:49 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2003-08-20 19:16 ` Dmytry Lavrov
2003-08-21 8:12 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-08-21 17:47 ` Dmytry Lavrov
2003-08-21 17:53 ` Dmytry Lavrov
2003-08-19 13:45 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-08-19 14:43 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-19 17:48 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-08-19 20:47 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-20 4:16 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-20 22:45 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-21 4:08 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-19 10:28 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-19 12:01 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-08-19 16:53 ` Software Patent Concerns => (FSF is Robin Hood?) Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-19 17:16 ` Software Patent Concerns => New Black Markets? Ed Falis
2003-08-20 22:27 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-21 23:02 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-08-19 17:54 ` Patent Guy
2003-08-20 1:34 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-20 3:35 ` Wes Groleau
2003-08-20 6:08 ` Patent Guy
2003-08-20 16:59 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-20 21:37 ` Patent Guy
2003-08-20 22:10 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-21 20:22 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-22 9:36 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-22 17:19 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-20 22:32 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-08-19 11:19 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-08-17 14:13 ` Realtime/embedded project to help with employment Marin David Condic
2003-08-15 14:53 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-15 19:17 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-16 10:08 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-16 17:40 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-18 6:35 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-18 16:37 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-08-18 20:32 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-18 20:47 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-19 16:02 ` John R. Strohm
2003-08-16 23:23 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-13 19:03 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-10 17:26 ` Michael Erdmann
2003-08-10 11:17 ` Mário Amado Alves
2003-08-10 16:50 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-10 17:20 ` Michael Erdmann
2003-08-13 14:21 ` Stephane Richard
2003-08-13 16:36 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-08 23:39 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-09 13:40 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-09 16:02 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-09 22:47 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-10 10:38 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-11 10:08 ` Mark Lorenzen
2003-08-11 18:39 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-11 21:04 ` Mark Lorenzen
2003-08-11 22:59 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-12 12:12 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-22 21:53 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-23 2:55 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-08-23 12:54 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-12 14:55 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2003-08-12 15:03 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-08-12 13:43 ` Dmytry Lavrov
2003-08-09 3:52 ` Steve
2003-08-09 13:47 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-22 21:28 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-08 13:32 ` chris
2003-08-07 18:44 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-07 19:40 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-08-07 21:42 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-08 1:07 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-08-08 12:00 ` Phil Thornley
2003-08-08 13:46 ` Martin Dowie
2003-08-08 14:46 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2003-08-08 15:55 ` Martin Dowie
2003-08-08 23:37 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-10 9:43 ` JP Thornley
2003-08-12 15:25 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2003-08-22 21:25 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-12 19:26 ` FJ de Bruin
replies disabled
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox