Monthly Archives: February 2005

Do androids dream of electric solicitors?

If you did get an AI which could convert using pattern-matching between two arbitrary formats, given samples of, eg: songs, in each format… does it still count as “reverse engineering” of any proprietary formats that happen to get passed to … Continue reading

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Random ideas and software patents

(prompted by Greg’s post about OSDL Conference Key Thoughts) I believe in patenting combinations of software and hardware or human interaction which are genuinely innovative – eg: token ring networking, Lego Mindstorms, the wheelie mouse, that new thing which allows … Continue reading

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