Should Program Algorithms be Patented? In the Legally Speaking column last

May [6], we reported on a survey conducted at last year’s ACM-spon-sored Conference on Computer-Human Interaction in Austin, Tex. Among the issues about which the survey inquired was whether the respondents thought patent protec-tion should be available for various aspects of computer programs. The 667 respondents overwhelmingly supported copyright protection for source and object code although they strongly opposed copyright or patent protection for “look and feel” and most other aspects of programs