yet another moronic patent. you can read the esteemed patents officer director’s comments in a recent catfight w/ tim o’reilly. that guy is quite obviously a moron. actual quote: “The accessibility of that software is going to be able to be gotten a lot sooner if you patent it rather than copyright it.” this of course is moronic because while copyrights cover the original work, patents cover the concept, even if you come up with it on your own, even if you don’t know that it’s patented. that’s bs.
some more comments from tim o’reilly.