Free Software Magazine: Software Ain’t Patentable, Damn It!

“‘Thus, this [Supreme] Court’s precedent repeatedly sets out
that software, which is nothing more than a set of instructions–an
algorithm–to be performed by a computer in order to solve some
mathematical problem, is subject matter that is not
patentable…’

“So ends the Software Freedom Law Center’s (SFLC) in its amicus
brief to the Supreme Court in the case Microsoft v. AT&T, No.
05-1056, filed on December 16, 2006. The Supreme Court has been
ducking the issues this case has been raising, but has finally
agreed (forced) to hear them. Hopefully, the Court will not duck
its responsibility to clear this mess up…”

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