Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari.oz.au!csource!david From: david@csource.oz.au (david nugent) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Legal Question Message-ID: <571@csource.oz.au> Date: 15 Jul 90 20:01:06 GMT References: <191100007@trsvax> <1990Jul9.164219.27369@siia.mv.com> Organization: Unique Computing Pty Ltd, Melb, Aust. Lines: 14 In wex@sitting.pws.bull.com (Buckaroo Banzai) writes: >Algorithms, as such, are not exactly patentable. >However, *processes* are patentable. It may be argued that an algorithm is >an embodiment of a software process*. That way one can apply for (and >sometimes get) a patent on such a process. Shouldn't that be the other way around: a software process is an embodiment of an algorithm? -- _______________________________________________________________________________ Unique Computing Pty Ltd Melbourne Australia - Communications Specialists david@csource.oz.au 3:632/348@fidonet 28:4100/1@signet