From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,525be57bd7f45978 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:50:12 -0600 From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada syntax patents References: <7mcv5t6spgbg$.msxe85akfpbi$.dlg@40tude.net> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:50:12 -0600 NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.161.24.234 X-Trace: sv3-uPuLU1jSN0CEwJeLjEea+FigCjMUYEGwacEllX9crDw42Ghp1BvbCMIz+DloBgz714XADT/jRL5Cb88!QhmLVMvON/YW5+xhSSQb2q6f5HXQ5worbT5F3xUQd6yo82+jBI1D6pyvhBDWfw== X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.31 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8483 Date: 2005-02-24T14:50:12-06:00 List-Id: >Actually, I think that we should rush to patent letters A-Z and digits 0-9. By all means feel free to submit patent APPLICATIONS for those. It only costs a few hundred bucks to apply for a patent, and the application can be written and the forms filled out on your computer.