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Martin A. Goetz (born April 22, 1930) was a pioneer in the development of the commercial software industry. He holds the first software patent, and was product manager of Autoflow from Applied Data Research (ADR), which is generally cited as the first commercial software application. In the early 1960s, the status of software as a standalone industry was unclear. Software was generally custom-developed for a single customer, bundled with hardware, or given away free. Goetz and ADR played a substantial role in defining software as a standalone product, and clarifying that it could be protected by intellectual property laws. In 2007, Computerworld cited Goetz as an "Unsung Innovator" in the computer industry.〔Smith, Gina: "Unsung Innovators: Marty Goetz" (''Computerworld'' ), 2007-12-03. Retrieved on 2009-08-09〕 He was named the "Father of Third-Party Software" by mainframezone.com 〔(mainframezone.com Mainframe Hall of Fame ) Retrieved on 2009-08-09〕 In late 2009, Goetz wrote an editorial in the patent blog Patently-O advocating software patents. Goetz argues that there is no principled difference between software and hardware patents and that truly patentable software innovations require just as much ingenuity and advancement as any other kind of patentable subject matter.〔http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/11/in-defense-of-software-patents-1.html〕 == First software patent == In 1964, Goetz attended a conference on software intellectual property issues. He subsequently decided that an improved data sorting algorithm he had developed was patentable. Data sorting was an important issue for the mainframe computers of the day, many of which used magnetic tape for storage. A more efficient data sorting procedure could save substantial amounts of program execution time by reducing the numbers of read and write operations, and reducing the wait time for tape to rewind.〔Goetz, Martin: ("Memoirs of a Software Pioneer" ) Retrieved on 2013-02-12〕 Goetz filed the patent application on April 9, 1965, and it was granted on April 23, 1968 as U.S. Patent No. 3,380,029.〔(U.S. Patent Number 3,380,029 )〕 Computerworld Magazine reported the news as: "First Patent is Issued for Software, Full Implications Are Not Yet Known." 〔(Image of Computerworld front page )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Goetz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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