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Re:U.S. Copyright Office issues statement on works containin... by theGnuMe on Thursday March 16, 2023 @10:49PM (#35192322)
Software alone is not patentable. You get around that by patenting a system.
Re:U.S. Copyright Office issues statement on works containin... by pclmulqdq on Thursday March 16, 2023 @11:05PM (#35192465)
That is the state of the law today, where software gets copyrighted and can't be patented, but the debate about this is more about what ought to be the case.
Re:U.S. Copyright Office issues statement on works containin... by theGnuMe on Thursday March 16, 2023 @11:16PM (#35192549)
Good luck changing it!