Re: 3D map appearance in a computer game

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From: M. Hazewinkel
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:13

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>While I'm here, thanks to everyone who responded to my initial question
>on this topic! I'm familiar with the _Elite_ system, and was considering
>it as an option. I'm still finding it hard to believe the programmers
>patented it! Gads, I can't afford to pay royalties out of a shareware fee!
>
>David Mar.                                      mar@physics.su.OZ.AU
>Astrophysics Department, University of Sydney  NSW  2006, Australia.

Well, I don't know much about patenting things, but when I asked
someone here, he said that it would be very doubtful if such a thing
could actually be patented. Before giving up, I'd check whether it
actually IS patented. It might be they tried to patent it, and
failed.

Maarten Hazewinkel

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