Ralph LaChance wrote: > I'm puzzled how they can own a patent on an algorithm stated years > ago and summarized in a european student's thesis. But then I don'w > know about these things ;-)
I am under the impression that hz-program and pdfTeX were basically independent efforts, probably with some cross-pollinization. I'm no expert on this, but I don't think anyone could patent the general idea of paragraph optimization, but only perhaps(!) a specific algorithm or implementation of doing so. So I doubt that pdfTeX is in danger, and I doubt that we will be either if we develop paragraph optimization. However, I could be wrong -- if anyone thinks we should be concerned about it (legal exposure to Apache), and knows what to do about it, please speak up. Otherwise, I think we just keep plodding along. Victor Mote --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
