Re: [DotGNU]Int'l Herald Trib on Software Patents in Europe

[j_post]

On Monday 02 February 2004 10:14 am, Seth Johnson wrote:
> Europe has a chance to take a leadership role by deciding that
> software should be treated differently than other inventions,

Herein lies the problem, IMHO. It is my opinion (although I realize some will 
disagree) that computer science and software engineering are applied 
mathematics. Mathematics is not *invented*, it's *discovered*. So of course 
software should be treated differently than inventions.
>
> But patent lawyers argue that it is more important that Europe adopt
> the same patent rules as the United States and Japan.
>
I think that sentence tells the whole story--it's not about right and wrong, 
it's about money and greed. :-(

Jeff
(Now, what was that line from Shakespeare about lawyers...oh yeah, "First 
thing we do, is we..." :-)