Wols Lists <antli...@youngman.org.uk> writes: > On 18/08/18 23:28, David Kastrup wrote: >> zip has been defined using patentable techniques (like >> https://www.google.com/patents/US5051745) but the implementations are >> usually unencumbered. > > Just because it has been patented does not mean it is patentable :-( > > Of course, the problem is persuading the Patent Offices (who are paid > based on the patents they *issue*) that the patent applications are > actually invalid. > > (A file is just a big number, or a collection of numbers. Anything that > does not involve actual hardware is maths.
As any theoretical physicist will tell you, anything that involves actual hardware also is maths. It's a matter of the respective degrees and aspects. Every mail I send to this list is representable as one large number. That does not mean that, it being math, it will never contain patentable matter. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
