On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 05:35:36PM -0500, Jeff Licquia wrote: > "not a staple article or commodity of commerce suitable for substantial > noninfringing use"
It also says "constituting a material part of the invention". Presumably material means "significant" here? I'd say that source code is much more like a *blueprint* for a machine than like an actual machine. Compiled code would be a material part of the invention; source code is just a description of how to make that code. Of course, I'm not a lawyer either. Fortunately this particular problem will go away next summer :) (LZW patent expiration) Richard Braakman
