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Re: expand_divmod algorithm patented?
- From: Florian Weimer <fw at deneb dot enyo dot de>
- To: Joern Rennecke <amylaar at spamcop dot net>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:39:39 +0200
- Subject: Re: expand_divmod algorithm patented?
- References: <20060713224233.gah44ksgcg4wkokc@webmail.spamcop.net>
* Joern Rennecke:
> PJ has posted a news pick on Groklaw about a new patent which, afar as I can
> tell, claims the algorithm that Tege has contributed to expmed.c:expand_divmod
> in 1994 (r7598)
> http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-efficient-software-based-integer-division-dt20060504ptan20060095494.php
This is just a patent application. It's not very likely it will be
granted as-is.