Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!sei!firth From: firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Patents and Architecture Message-ID: <7860@fy.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 13 Jul 90 16:31:45 GMT References: <1990Jul3.173620.7929@cl.cam.ac.uk> Reply-To: firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) Organization: Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 8 In article <1990Jul3.173620.7929@cl.cam.ac.uk> cet1@cl.cam.ac.uk (C.E. Thompson) writes: >Of course, the question as to whether mathematics is discovered or invented, >as a separate issue from patentability, has been a disputed question for a >long time. "Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott geschaffen, alles andere ist >Menschenwerk" (Leopold Kronecker) is the obligatory quotation here. How about: 'Den Ganzen Zahlen hat der lieber Gott gemacht; alles Uebriges ist Menschenkunst.'