On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 03:31:57PM +0100, Giorgio Bellussi wrote:
> It seems to me they (symantec) registered a complex implementation of 
> antivirus, comprising a vds engine, an intermediate language (P-code), 
> an emulator and so on. So bad news?

Michael Schallop, director of intellectual property at Symantec:
"What's patented is a technology to use an intermediate language to
drive anti-virus functionality such as scanning and emulation."
(http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0302symanclaim.html)

Giorgio, looks like you live in Europe too. I guess, you know the
following pages. But, just in case...
http://www.ffii.org/
http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/

Bye,
    Aiko

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Aiko Barz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Web: http://www.haeckser.de

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