From: Marc Petit-Huguenin <marc@petit-huguenin.org>
To: Jonathan Morton <chromatix99@gmail.com>
Cc: Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>,
"dpreed@reed.com" <dpreed@reed.com>,
"cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net"
<cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Fwd: License File for Open Source Repositories
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:01:12 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <67c64511-8b25-52a9-6132-40f5e6de593b@petit-huguenin.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E168B119-3F7C-4B0B-A1CB-33C9C6DC2D8A@gmail.com>
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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
> - Jonathan Morton
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-24 2:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-23 19:44 dpreed
2016-12-23 20:17 ` Dave Taht
2016-12-23 20:35 ` Marc Petit-Huguenin
2016-12-24 1:35 ` Jonathan Morton
2016-12-24 2:01 ` Marc Petit-Huguenin [this message]
2016-12-24 2:05 ` Dave Taht
2016-12-24 20:21 ` Michael Richardson
[not found] <148250741312.16852.14743474459827703109.idtracker@ietfa.amsl.com>
2016-12-23 16:05 ` Dave Taht
2016-12-23 19:23 ` Marc Petit-Huguenin
2016-12-24 19:21 ` Michael Richardson
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