* Re: [Cerowrt-devel] License File for Open Source Repositories [not found] <mailman.3.1482598801.26091.cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net> @ 2016-12-24 17:20 ` Rich Brown 0 siblings, 0 replies; only message in thread From: Rich Brown @ 2016-12-24 17:20 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cerowrt-devel > On 12/23/2016 05:35 PM, Jonathan Morton wrote: >> >>> On 23 Dec, 2016, at 22:35, Marc Petit-Huguenin <marc@petit-huguenin.org> wrote: >>> >>> Aren't communication protocols mathematics, e.g. propositions in linear logic, and so unpatentable? >> >> I would agree with that assessment. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to stop patent offices from issuing such patents and courts from hearing cases brought on them > > Maybe one day they'll reject these kind of applications the same way they reject application for perpetual machines: > > http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&d=PG01&Query=CCL%2F%2274%22%2FDIG.9 Maybe the moon will fall out of the sky :-( But that CAFC court ruling is mildly encouraging. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] only message in thread
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