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FSF files brief in Bilski case calling on the Supreme Court to eliminate software patents
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| The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today submitted an amicus
| curiae brief calling on the Supreme Court to affirm that software
| ideas are not patentable. After outlining the positive impact that
| the free software movement and the GNU General Public License (GNU
| GPL) have had on computer use, the brief explains how software
| patents are an obstacle and a danger to software developers.
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http://www.fsf.org/news/bilski-supreme-court-brief
SFLC files Bilski brief: Software should not be patentable and don't forget the 1st Amendment
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| The Software Freedom Law Center has now filed its brief in Bilski.
| You can read it online here, as well as download it as a PDF or as
| Postscript. It raises three major points: 1) software is just
| algorithms for computers in human readable terms, and algorithms
| are not patentable; 2) excluding software from patentable subject
| matter encourages innovation in software; and 3) the First
| Amendment prohibits permitting the patenting of abstract ideas. I
| think you'll find that last point the most interesting.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091002213301495
Recent:
SFLC Seeks Patent Attorney dedicated to Software Freedom
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| The Software Freedom Law Center, a New York based not-for-profit legal
| services organization that provides legal representation and other
| law-related services to protect and advance Free and Open Source Software
| (FOSS), seeks a registered patent attorney passionate about defending
| software freedom.
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http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2009/mar/04/patent-attorney-wanted-software-freedom/
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