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Not all software is about just "a business method".

E.g., compilers, differential equation solvers, linear program solvers, graphics rendering routines, ...

Some software is more ingenious than a lot of "mechanical" patents.

(By the way, this raises the question why e.g. mechanical engineers can make money using patents, while software engineers could not.)




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