From: "David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>
Subject: Re: Decoding an octet stream
Date: 1999/12/01
Date: 1999-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <822o4d$ehh$1@birch.prod.itd.earthlink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 821rc5$bim$1@nnrp1.deja.com
Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:821rc5$bim$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> In article <81u247$kc3$1@hobbes2.crc.com>,
> "David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com> wrote:
> > Here's a package I use for just that purpose. All two- and
> four-byte
> > scalar types used in network packets have their 'read and
> 'write
> > attributes overridden by instances of these generic
> procedures.
>
> David, doesn't this infringe on the patent, or has 17
> years gone by now (I have not kept track, the patent holder
> is I believe Mark Williams).
What patent, pray tell?
I admit to not having thought much about patents in recent years.
But, from my previous employment with a company that was fanatic
about patenting everything in sight, and the education I received
in their attempts to obtain a patent on one of my electronic
component designs, one principle that seems applicable here is
that what is "obvious to one skilled in the art" is not patentable.
Nevertheless, I am eager to learn what patent might be infringed
by this small, and to my thinking, "obvious to one skilled in the
art," snippet of code. If it does infringe, I shudder to think
what other infringements might be buried in the hundreds of thousands
of lines of code I've written over 41 hears of 'practicing the art.
David C. Hoos, Sr.
--
The primary purpose of the DATA statement is to give names to
constants; instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every
appearance, the variable PI can be given that value with a DATA
statement and used instead of the longer form of the constant. This
also simplifies modifying the program, should the value of pi change.
-- FORTRAN manual for Xerox Computers
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Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-11-28 0:00 Decoding an octet stream Florian Weimer
1999-11-29 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-11-30 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-01 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr. [this message]
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
1999-12-01 0:00 ` swhalen
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Kenneth Almquist
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Stupid patent tricks (was: Decoding an octet stream) Ted Dennison
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Decoding an octet stream Kenneth Almquist
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-02 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-02 0:00 ` swhalen
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-12-03 0:00 ` swhalen
1999-12-04 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Ed Falis
1999-12-07 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Numeric types Mario Amado Alves
1999-12-08 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Decoding an octet stream Robert Dewar
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