[Cerowrt-devel] Fwd: License File for Open Source Repositories

[Marc Petit-Huguenin]

On 12/23/2016 05:35 PM, Jonathan Morton wrote:
> 
>> On 23 Dec, 2016, at 22:35, Marc Petit-Huguenin <marc at 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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