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Article #1874Re: OK.. about my original copyright question.
From: Stephen Todd Leroux
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 00:44
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 00:44
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In article <1993Jan7.201940.22946@ugle.unit.no> robert@alkymi.unit.no (Robert Schmidt) writes: > >Especially things concerning compression etc. As the comp.compression faq >tells us, most of the popular compression programs have patents or >patents pending. > >robert I remember hearing somewhere that you cannot put a patent on a mathematical formula. Wouldn't compression programs fall into this category? Just a thought... +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Steve Leroux | My views do not necessarily represent | | U of British Columbia | those of the human race or | | Canada | carbon-based life in general. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!gatech!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!gambier.rick.cs.ubc.ca!not-for-mail From: w5y092@rick.cs.ubc.ca (Stephen Todd Leroux) Newsgroups: rec.games.programmer Subject: Re: OK.. about my original copyright question. Date: 7 Jan 1993 16:44:56 -0800 Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 19 Message-ID: <1iiiq8INNheh@gambier.rick.cs.ubc.ca> References: <wH1ywB2w164w@jwt.UUCP> <1993Jan7.180301.29829@nb.rockwell.com> <1993Jan7.201940.22946@ugle.unit.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: gambier.rick.cs.ubc.ca