On Friday 28 August 2009, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:48 AM, jtd<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Friday 28 August 2009, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > > The article is a business argument against patents. Which imo can be > > counteracted by even more arguments. In short a shouting match of exactly > > the type that happened at the Bombay meet. Given the distinct shortage of > > our numbers, shouting may not be the best strategy. > > > > Where is the technical argument. Which is that software is an abstract > > expression of mathematics that does not exists without a physical general > > purpose programming machine. Software does not affect nature when it sits > > on paper or tape or any other medium. It needs a programmable machine to > > execute it's expression. > > Let us write more articles on this subject from a legal and technical > perspective to build awareness of the dangers of software patents. If > you can write something up (in simple, layman's language) I volunteer > to get it published in the mainstream press. Cannot guarantee that it > will be published, but I can try.
Ok will give it a shot and put it on the wiki. -- Rgds JTD _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
