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Re^3: Copyright on languages

by sundialsvc4 (Abbot)
on May 03, 2012 at 17:17 UTC ( [id://968780]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Copyright on languages
in thread Copyright on languages

In counter to that notion, I offer the observation that patent law as actually applied to software simply has not worked.   We literally have patents covering the idea of a “twirlybird wait symbol” being translucent rather than solid.   A patent was issued to IBM covering the idea of using a “compare double and swap” instruction to update a singly-linked list even though the identical idea is taught in textbooks.   I opine that “patent law simply has not worked” because the idea is a shoe that really does not fit.   And copyright law really does not fit, either.   I think this is a different beast, such that a new legislative design is needed.   (And it won’t be an easy, obvious, or controversy-free design.)

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