Government Responds in Microsoft Patent Case
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| 1. Whether software object code can be a component of a patented
| invention; and, if so,
| 2. Whether copies of software object code are "supplie[d]" from the
| United States when those copies are created overseas by replicating
| a separate master version supplied from the United States.
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http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2006/09/government_resp.html
http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2006/09/supreme_court_l.html
This is has important implications when it comes to Open Source software,
which is independent of geographical location.
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