[wellylug] NZ Software Patents

[John Durham]

Jethro Carr wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 13:22 +1200, John Durham wrote:
>> In that case it might be settled quite simply. Once the writer knows of 
>> the error, the work could be removed or changed so that it doesn't 
>> infringe the copyright. Some cases might be harder than others, but as 
>> long as no wrong was intended by either party it could be treated as a 
>> simple mistake (those things we make every day).
> 
> hi John,
> 
> I'm not talking about copyright, I'm talking about patents - patent
> violation is not copyright infringement.
> 
> Some work can be changed to work around the patent, but there have been
> patents for trivial ideas that often can't be worked around properly.
> 
> regards,
> jethro
I can accept that there can be a software patent.
Exactly how would that differ from a copyrighted work?
Is it a kind of software device?
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