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patented algorithms
Title: patented algorithms
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 959 | Pages: 4.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
patented algorithms
Software consists of lists of instructions that a computer reads and
executes. The tasks done by a computer are largely repetitive; the same
chunks of instructions are executed many times. Each chunk performs one
specific task and goes by the label algorithm, a method for accomplishing a
specific task. In the United States, it is possible to obtain a patent for
a software algorithm. One example of a patented software algorithm is the
LZW software …showed first 75 words of 959 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 959 total…law remains incredibly flawed and does not belong in the software
world. Ideas and knowledge, unpatentable in nature, benefit society when
shared, not when hoarded. The example of Unisys and LZW, by no means the
only patented algorithm, gives a concrete example of the failure of the
software patent to fulfill the original goals of the patent law itself.
One must not think too hard about this subject, however, for fear of
violating a patent.
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