From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-qk0-x22e.google.com (mail-qk0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c09::22e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 818FD3B2A4 for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:05:15 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-qk0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id u25so147284075qki.2 for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:05:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=M2h/IaODUWI32WLksEW5ygLXX69ePFObG/QSm03ONYs=; b=rorFlOCvybZ+UIJLFjzQtT7OY8zR6bvGG5lRpet4wNF7hC633nzOcDTXG2v4RUP0g4 4CvbOXnzWA7/qgL9lL+VqO4pKshjbxTsMxI45fQfu+Mp6P2pCe4HthaUFSsXXAXnXpwu k+iQd2shwgIAPggiXjeYclNTqDRx2iBS7rqfN8nz0aP4FeCVtrWl/ngVmAexVTpJw4pN ltiIuLhO8nldZen0jGSucrFbJ77RietQGUGM5Agcbfz+XP6dFY2IUWUUaUKyZD/+t/6w asYiVwVBuUi2/XpX48QlsUYlZ2kfYj/cVv31mdxRVchs2rRjbqQCPVZVS5uh9adwqsVw 1KaA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=M2h/IaODUWI32WLksEW5ygLXX69ePFObG/QSm03ONYs=; b=LKP4kt5pGAALeKu5WULCMn1vzfkbuOm7Y3t5Bv582lVK1kYGresyyTB7Y4sTvkUafY 6BvhdjfUEDny2KaxOvjzxJLJVmN06l+spBU+MMNMcZ0f8bfG/sGkDU1UpiNmCUVxx0eA vWG5PnU90fjTecLHe57Cg9f9De8uuWF/9bg3xNbV4RaRA4IBoweOG6UL7FfDyrpOt0se N1+jRbnGmuU+o2enf1UwoFhrL4URUbBxJ/8MLiJQbauzN4IHpWRmFqv5ztBsr5g5IJyx jj9rorBDLCp2xYgBVRdooL58F/ad7x4azCElkOAp3f6XMq5whaHrHA0yeBaho00gwzfQ Jzbg== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXLB49EXEuQBibcAE46KtgNJDvnEOYnhEkGTpGRQYTMJKLC+kxRxsV56R2i7AICZ7UMgOK03XLglEuNsLQ== X-Received: by 10.55.72.86 with SMTP id v83mr17182022qka.262.1482545115114; Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:05:15 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.12.152.197 with HTTP; Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:05:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <67c64511-8b25-52a9-6132-40f5e6de593b@petit-huguenin.org> References: <1482522285.920219937@mobile.rackspace.com> <7052499a-e3c8-cd9a-7e65-d37eb7eed8fb@petit-huguenin.org> <67c64511-8b25-52a9-6132-40f5e6de593b@petit-huguenin.org> From: Dave Taht Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:05:14 -0800 Message-ID: To: Marc Petit-Huguenin Cc: Jonathan Morton , "dpreed@reed.com" , "cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] Fwd: License File for Open Source Repositories X-BeenThere: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues regarding the cerowrt test router project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 02:05:15 -0000 My christmas wish: that this concurrence becomes a majority opinion. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161005/15280135720/prominent-pro-patent= -judge-issues-opinion-declaring-all-software-patents-bad.shtml On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 6:01 PM, Marc Petit-Huguenin wrote: > On 12/23/2016 05:35 PM, Jonathan Morton wrote: >> >>> On 23 Dec, 2016, at 22:35, Marc Petit-Huguenin wrote: >>> >>> Aren't communication protocols mathematics, e.g. propositions in linear= logic, and so unpatentable? >> >> I would agree with that assessment. Unfortunately, that doesn=E2=80=99t= seem to stop patent offices from issuing such patents and courts from hear= ing 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=3DPTO2&Sect2=3DHITOFF&p= =3D1&u=3D%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=3D0&f=3DS&l=3D50&d=3DPG01&Qu= ery=3DCCL%2F%2274%22%2FDIG.9 > >> - Jonathan Morton >> > > > -- > Marc Petit-Huguenin > Email: marc@petit-huguenin.org > Blog: https://marc.petit-huguenin.org > Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petithug > --=20 Dave T=C3=A4ht Let's go make home routers and wifi faster! With better software! http://blog.cerowrt.org