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[Lennart Andersen <landersen@xxxxxx>]

On 16:03 Thu 13 May     , Lennart Andersen wrote:
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Software is math. There are only so many ways to write 1 + 1 = 2. If you
let math be patented, you are bound to choke off the ability to write
new software eventually, because programmers can't write without
eventually needing to write 1 + 1 = 2, and if they can only write it by
paying a toll to the big guys who can afford to patent 1 + 1 = 2, you've
limited who can write software and/or what they can write. 
                      --Pamela Jones of Groklaw

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