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Article #278Re: Boycott on Unisys still effective
From: Joseph S. D. Yao
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 21:50
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 21:50
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In article <3fk65t$no5@tardis.Tymnet.COM>, Joe Smith <jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM> wrote: >The use of XOR is patented, unfortunately. >Someone is charging royalties from the big computer companies for the use of >XOR to create nondestructive cursor (for text or graphics). ... First off, a patent on the use of XOR in a specific algorithm is hardly a patent on the use of XOR. Second off, this is such an obvious algorithm (around even when I was in school, a few decades ago), that I suspect this to be "urban folk- lore", and will continue to think so until and unless unless someone out there can speak up and say that they have actually paid money out of pocket for this use. -- Joe Yao jsdy@cais.com - Joseph S. D. Yao
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