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To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
Cc: bv@wjv.com, bill@wjv.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Patented algorithm in FreeBSD 
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
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In message <20010613103509Z.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>, Jordan Hubbard writes:
>From: Bill Vermillion <bill@wjv.com>
>Subject: Re: Patented algorithm in FreeBSD
>Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 09:45:46 -0400
>
>> 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...
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