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[BCS]

Hello 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".
> 

We can hope! (I never said I supported software patents :)

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