Don't believe you can patent an algorithm either.

On 28 Feb 2007, at 22:11, Benjamin Webb wrote:

> I thought I'd point out
> http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page11077.asp , the response to the
> petition to stop software patents. Apparently software patents are
> already illegal in the UK.
>
> Does this mean that it is legal for us to install MP3 codecs
> (including using automatix) or are these patented as algorthims rather
> than just software.
>
> Thanks, I'd like to know whether what I do is legal :)
> Ben Webb
>
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