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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, January 01 2013 @ 12:39 PM EST |
and knocking them down.
I never said the software itself was patented, except as a component of a larger
invention (which, I believe was the case in Diamond).
However, I believe (and probably stated) that the _effect_ was the same.
This is true if you look around. You keep going on about simulations. Who
cares? (Well, actually I do, before I tape out a chip, but that's a different
story.)
If you can patent the machine or process that _uses_ the software, then,
practically speaking, you have a monopoly on using software in that manner.
I don't care whether you call that a patent on the software or not -- that's
simply playing games with words. If you foreclose on others being able to do
the same useful stuff with software, for most practical purposes, what you have
done are indistinguishable from an actual patent on the software -- you can shut
down your competitors, extract rents, whatever.
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