Re: Patented algorithm in FreeBSD

[Warner Losh]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jordan Hubbard writes:
: The patent system is broken and we need to focus our energies on
: reforming it, not on trying to bend ourselves into impossible shapes
: to conform to the damage it's done.

Exactly.  My thoughts are to hell with them.  The patent sighted is
silly and we should make no efforts to do anything about it in the
absense of any direct threat.  In addition, I'm not a patent lawyer,
so I don't know if our kernel actually violates the patent or not
since what we do is slightly different than the patent in question.
Is that enough?  I don't know.

We have more important things to worry about.

Warner

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