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In article <PCG.91Feb25215626@odin.cs.aber.ac.uk> pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:
>On 20 Feb 91 12:34:01 GMT, brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) said:
>
>brnstnd> In article <21698@yunexus.YorkU.CA> oz@yunexus.yorku.ca (Ozan
>brnstnd> Yigit) writes:
>
>oz> That is nice. I think you should publish the algorithm (and a
>oz> through analysis of it) in some respectable journal.
>
>brnstnd> I'm working on a paper.
>
>Why not patent it? :-)

Publication is as valuable as a patent if you don't plan to enforce a
monopoly/royalties.

In the US at least patentas are routinely rejected based on publication
somewhere. In Japan patents are "exposed" for a period of time before
being issued so that anyone who objects can state their objections, i.e.
point out where the idea was used/published. There is talk of adopting
this method in the U.S. as well.

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           *Mike Waters    AA4MW/7  waters@nddsun1.sps.mot.com *
Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a
hole in his head.