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Software is math
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Mathematics is generally recognised as non-patentable because it is not patentable subject matter.
Since the logic (idea) of software can be reduced to mathematical formula (idea) with Church-Turing Thesis, and because mathematical formula (idea) is not patentable, software should not be patentable.
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