Originally posted by ethana2
View Post
BTW:
"In 1981, the Supreme Court stated that "a claim drawn to subject matter otherwise statutory does not become nonstatutory simply because it uses a mathematical formula, computer program, or digital computer" and a claim is patentable if it contains "a mathematical formula [and] implements or applies the formula in a structure or process which, when considered as a whole, is performing a function which the patent laws were designed to protect"."
This is exactly the reason why commercial distro's do not include libraries such as lame and mad into their official distros.
Comment