Re: [offtopic] Re: Patented algorithms in kernel

From: Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Date: Wed Jul 05 2000 - 17:32:02 EST


On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Pavel Machek wrote:
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>
> PPS: If you have something _concrete_, like v.34 implementation has to
> violate patent #312413 valid in U.S., China and Iraq; let me
> know. Otherwise I guess only reasonable method is to code v.34 and
> then see who screams we are violating their patents. (And then send
> those to /dev/null. ;-)

United Skates of America Patent number 70856775
Infinite loop using the C Programming Language.
Inventor(s) Hui Fuchem Young.

        for(;;)
           ;

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

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