🚀 go-pugleaf

I'd appreciate it if someone would actually provide details (like the
subject line says) instead of speculating wildly about rumored
whatsits.

As a datapoint, you can read an example (with explanation) of file
inclusion on page 564 of the _Proceedings of the Spring Joint Computer
Conference_, volume 34, 1969.  It's a paper on BCPL by Martin
Richards.  I don't know what patent law was in effect at the time, but
if it is similar to current law, a filing for patent must have been
made no later than spring, 1970 (and that patent, if granted, would
only be good for the USA -- international patents must be filed before
ANY disclosure).

Now does anybody know if someone has actually tried to patent file
inclusion, and if so, who, and what was their filing date, and in
which country?

David Chase
Sun Microsystems