From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jun 16 16:42:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from witch.iiclub.co.il (shells.help-me.co.il [212.25.125.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8715E37B407 for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2001 16:42:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vadik@vygo.net) Received: from vadik by witch.iiclub.co.il with local (Exim 3.22 #27) id 15BOgQ-0003f0-00 for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 17 Jun 2001 01:36:46 +0300 Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 01:36:46 +0300 From: Vadim Vygonets To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patented algorithm in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010617013646.D11285@vygo.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20010613103509Z.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <49353.992453857@critter> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <49353.992453857@critter>; from phk@critter.freebsd.dk on Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 07:37:37PM +0200 X-Operating-System: yes Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Quoth Poul-Henning Kamp on Wed, Jun 13, 2001: > In message <20010613103509Z.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>, Jordan Hubbard writes: > >From: Bill Vermillion > >> We just need to hide all the code from the lawyers. > > > >Why? They wouldn't understand it anyway. What we really need to do > >is stop HIRING them. :) > > You know, there is almost a fortune in that... Indeed, Jordan, I would patent this idea if I were you. Vadik. -- Any language that involves exposing private parts to friends is a tad suspect... -- Geoff Lane in the Monastery, about C++ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message