Why clarify program as such ?

EPO interpretation of “as such” is a bit like taking the it in it is raining out of context and asking what mysterious entity this it is that is raining there.
Council interpretation of “program as such” as source code. Who wants to pay for a short term copyright?
You claim what you invented, “as such” cannot change that.

EPO interpretation of “as such” is a bit like taking the it in it is raining out of context and asking what mysterious entity this it is that is raining there.