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[dsimcha]

== Quote from BCS (none at anon.com)'s article
> Hello dsimcha,
> > == Quote from Brad Roberts (braddr at slice-2.puremagic.com)'s article
> >
> >> On Tue, 22 Jun 2010, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> >>
> >>> Seems a weak reason. A programmer that's worried about infringing
> >>> software patents can't write anything more useful than "Hello
> >>> World". I'm seriously not convinced at all that it's even possible
> >>> to write useful code that doesn't technically infringe on some
> >>> software patent. As a programmer, either you accept the fact that
> >>> what you do is inevitably going to trample software patents, or you
> >>> just simply don't be a programmer. That's all there is.
> >>>
> >> The world's not nearly that black and white.  There's a huge
> >> difference in
> >> infringment in an app you write for yourself vs an app that's very
> >> public.
> >> LLVM is somewhat closer to the latter end of the spectrum.
> >> I agree that excess paranoia isn't warranted, but neither is willful
> >> ignorance.
> > If we're really lucky, Bilski Vs. Kappos
> > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_re_Bilski) will send all the software
> > patent attorneys to the poorhouse next week and we can just start
> > trampling freely.
> OTOH, based on the wiki, the court seems to support a "Machine-or-transformation
> test" and what is a compiler if not a transformation tool?

Bits are not a "particular article".