Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Oct 2000 01:58:29 -0700 | From | Ion Badulescu <> | Subject | Re: Tux2 - evil patents sighted |
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In article <news2mail-39D93163.343E7A9B@innominate.de> Daniel Phillips wrote:
> It is important that all technology used in GPL software be free of > patent restrictions.
Indeed.
For another fine example of GPL technology covered by a parent, check out:
http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?pn=US06049528__
This a patent filed by Sun in June 1997 and awarded in April 2000 which covers very well the ethernet bonding device in Linux 2.2.x.
I wonder if the equalizer device present in Linux kernels since before 1996 could count as prior art. IANAL, of course.
Ion
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