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A comment on Ask HN: Under what circumstances is it acceptable to patent an algorithm?.

Re:Ask HN: Under what circumstances is it acceptable to pate... by rajacombinator on Monday May 07, 2018 @05:00PM (#17016455)
Keep in mind the alternative to patenting in many cases would be selling it as a service and keeping the method as a trade secret.

I don’t like the idea of patenting algorithms but you have to play the game within the rules society has established some times.

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