Re: Patented algorithm in FreeBSD

[Mike Smith]

>     hahahahahahaa....The patent was filed in 1996. In the 90's the patent
>     office starting granting patents for everything under the sun without
>     doing real prior art searches.  I'm sure even just going to the candy
>     store these days is patented by someone... 

Every time I tease my housemate's cat with a laser pointer, I am 
violating a US patent.  (No, really.)

-- 
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rivals and unfortunately opponents also.  But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view.  [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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