RE: You have rights.. Software Patents are Il legal

Christian Beauprez:
>Inventions (e.g. monopolies in patent law) are supposed 
>to be granted because experimentation (with no guarantee 
>of success) is an expensive business.
>Computer programs contain only logic and abstraction- there is no 
>experimentation required in order for me to know what a computer is 
>going to do with my piece of code- nor any expense to implement it.

Only in the most trivial cases. Any significant computer program needs a lot
of testing and trial-and-error to get working. A finished computer program
is the result of this effort; a bit of code on the back of an envelope
should never be patentable.

"Three things to be wary of: A new kid in his prime,
 A man that knows the answers, and code that runs first time."
                                                  - Mark Gibbs

Phil Hibbs
Capgemini
Aston
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