[Asterisk-Dev] Re: writing a GPL G.729?

[Kevin Walsh]

Steve Underwood [steveu at coppice.org] wrote:
> Software is patentable in Europe and most other places, when it meets
> certain conditions. It always has been. There is actually nothing in
> European patent law directly about software. What is says is basically
> pure maths can't be patented, while applied maths can. The means
> fundamental algorithms can't be patented, but a piece of software that
> has a "technical effect" can.
> 
Please don't listen to this idiot.  He doesn't have a clue.

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