Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux | | Date | Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:47:46 -0500 | | From | C S Hendrix <> |
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In message <19981220210230.36933@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>, Pavel Machek writes :
> Hi! > > > IPv6 routing Several good algorithms are prohibited. > > compression Arithmetic encoding (bzip), MPEG, audio, GIF... > > encryption Idea, RSA, some kinds of key exchange... > > color management The gimp can't do it. Damn. > > filesystem updates We can't do delayed ordered writes. > > OSPF The IETF is not happy with this one! > > quality-of-service Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) QoS > > register allocation Ever wonder why VC++ code can beat g++ code? > > PPP Can't return a useful error code to the other side. > > drivers/net/zlib.c Must use code with nonlinear time > > requirements. > > This is true if (and only if) you are in U.S. Right? In such case it > would probably be good idea if "patenet-breaking" code was developed > here in Europe...
I could be wrong, but I was pretty sure Europe signed an agreement (was it in the UN?) that honored patents worldwide.
Gotta love the New World Order...
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