John VanSickle wrote:
> The person who discovers this algorithm has done just that, he has 
> *discovered* it.  The USC grants authority to protect the interests of 
> "Authors and Inventors," and not to discoverers.

I disagree. The person who "discovered" how to send motion pictures over the 
air, or who "discovered" how to record those signals reliably onto a piece 
of magnetic tape also simply "discovered the best way to do that."

The algorithms aren't sitting around waiting to be dug up out of the ground 
any more than the steps for turning five poisonous chemicals into a 
beneficial medicine are sitting around waiting to be "discovered".

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
     Is God willing to prevent phrogams, but not able?
       Then he is not omnipotent.
     Is he able, but not willing, to prevent phrogams?
       Then he is malevolent.

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