Comments on: Bilski’s hearing and software patents http://news.swpat.org/2009/11/bilski-hearing-software-patents/ Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:17:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: TemporalBeing http://news.swpat.org/2009/11/bilski-hearing-software-patents/#comment-38 TemporalBeing Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:54:02 +0000 http://news.swpat.org/?p=107#comment-38 Sorry, but software is not bound to a computer ("machine"). People can and do for at the very least instructional purposes run the software by hand. Developers run software by hand quite often when designing or figuring out a bug - whether in their head while writing/reading it or even out on paper, working through the logic. Additionally, software is not bound to a single computer, or single type of computer. Computer processors change; there is more than just the Intel x86 instruction set out there, and each of those instruction sets at the hardware level are very different, but at the software level for developers using most development techniques are the same. Sorry, but software is not bound to a computer (”machine”). People can and do for at the very least instructional purposes run the software by hand. Developers run software by hand quite often when designing or figuring out a bug – whether in their head while writing/reading it or even out on paper, working through the logic.

Additionally, software is not bound to a single computer, or single type of computer. Computer processors change; there is more than just the Intel x86 instruction set out there, and each of those instruction sets at the hardware level are very different, but at the software level for developers using most development techniques are the same.

]]> By: akf http://news.swpat.org/2009/11/bilski-hearing-software-patents/#comment-13 akf Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:30:50 +0000 http://news.swpat.org/?p=107#comment-13 I think, the idea to send morse signals through a wire should be patentable, but the morse alphabet should not be. The morse alphabet is not even bound to that technology, you can even use it when knocking on a door... Software on the other hand is bound to a computer ("machine"), but not necessarily to a specific one. I think, the idea to send morse signals through a wire should be patentable, but the morse alphabet should not be. The morse alphabet is not even bound to that technology, you can even use it when knocking on a door…
Software on the other hand is bound to a computer (”machine”), but not necessarily to a specific one.

]]> By: Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér http://news.swpat.org/2009/11/bilski-hearing-software-patents/#comment-12 Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:52:03 +0000 http://news.swpat.org/?p=107#comment-12 The Software Freedom Law Show had an interesting feature on the Bilski case: http://www.softwarefreedom.org/podcast/2009/oct/13/0x18/ The Software Freedom Law Show had an interesting feature on the Bilski case:
http://www.softwarefreedom.org/podcast/2009/oct/13/0×18/

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