open software, cont. (40)

Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@VM.EPAS.UTORONTO.CA)
Thu, 16 Feb 89 18:42:58 EST


Humanist Mailing List, Vol. 2, No. 616. Thursday, 16 Feb 1989.


(1) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 89 10:42:33 GMT (9 lines)
From: Brian Molyneaux 0703-551358 <AYI004@IBM.SOUTHAMPTON.AC.UK>


(2) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 89 10:24 EST (12 lines)
From: <WADE@CRNLGSM>
Subject: Now they're patenting algorithms?

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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 89 10:42:33 GMT
From: Brian Molyneaux 0703-551358 <AYI004@IBM.SOUTHAMPTON.AC.UK>

Joel Goldfield's idea about converting intellectual property to real
estate using the profits of a wage-supported pursuit of knowledge is
brilliant. Unfortunately for beleaguered humanists, the idea has
already been copywritten - by universities. We can debate about various
forms of freedom, but we're just slaves to the mortgage.

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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 89 10:24 EST
From: <WADE@CRNLGSM>
Subject: Now they're patenting algorithms?

Anyone involved in this open software / intellectual property debate
should note the article in yesterday's New York Times (Wed 2/15/89)
on (I think) the first Business page, on the recent trend to patenting
mathematical algorithms and the implications of that move, as well as
the patenting of life-forms.

Wade Schuette