Now here's a question that should bring this thread back on-topic. How patentable are security tools? Lets say, for example, that I got a patent on fuzzers - i.e. a patent on the process of generating random input for a program. Could it be that I could restrict the availability and use of these tools? That'd be pretty worrying from a security perspective, no?<br>
<br>-- Rohit Patnaik<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:31 PM, M.B.Jr. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marcio.barbado@gmail.com">marcio.barbado@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hello.<br>
<br>
Patent Absurdity explores the case of software patents and the history<br>
of judicial activism that led to their rise, and the harm being done<br>
to software developers and the wider economy. The film is based on a<br>
series of interviews conducted during the Supreme Court's review of in<br>
re Bilski — a case that could have profound implications for the<br>
patenting of software.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://patentabsurdity.com/watch.html" target="_blank">http://patentabsurdity.com/watch.html</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Marcio Barbado, Jr.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.<br>
Charter: <a href="http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html" target="_blank">http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html</a><br>
Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - <a href="http://secunia.com/" target="_blank">http://secunia.com/</a></div></div></blockquote></div><br>