Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:04:42 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patented algorithm in FreeBSD Message-ID: <200106112304.f5BN4gP04158@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 11 Jun 2001 15:46:39 PDT." <200106112246.f5BMkdt33729@earth.backplane.com>
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> 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.)
--
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
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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