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Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by heavyset_go on Sunday October 16, 2022 @06:54PM (#33227913)
Mathematics is not patentable, but you can patent the steps a computer takes to compute the results of that particular algorithm.
Re:GitHub Copilot, with “public code” blocked, emits my copy... by pclmulqdq on Sunday October 16, 2022 @07:55PM (#33228313)
Only if it has physical consequences. There was a case in 2014 that narrowed software patents significantly, called "Alice vs CLS Bank." No more patents on computerized shopping carts, but encryption or compression can still be patented.