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Article #74039Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication
From: Matthew T. Russotto
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1991 20:11
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1991 20:11
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In article <gnusenet9107131607.AA14833@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Richard Stallman) writes:
>US patent number 4,956,809 covers using a single standard byte
>ordering for transfer of data between machines whose normal byte
>ordering is different.
Who holds this patent? Where could I get the actual text of the patent?
Does this mean that if I run
byteswap(s)
unsigned INT16 s;
{
return ((s&0xFF) << 8) | (s>>8);
}
I have violated the patent? Or is writing it sufficient?
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,9a4c815047ed049b X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-07-15 15:34:51 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven.umd.edu!mimsy!mojo.eng.umd.edu!russotto From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication Message-ID: <1991Jul15.201144.24048@eng.umd.edu> Date: 15 Jul 91 20:11:44 GMT References: <gnusenet9107131607.AA14833@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park Lines: 20