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SubjectRe: Annoying GPL issues
On Mon, 24 May 1999, Dave Cinege wrote:

> #2 All patents are public to begin with, and the whole point to a patent
> is to afford them this protection.

Perhaps they have patents yet to be filed? It is quote common to ship
products incorporating patentable solutions before all the applications
are submitted since it takes quite a while to prepare the documents for
submission. OTOH I don't know how long they have used that particular
excuse.

Peter
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