Ampere K. Hardraade wrote: > On Sunday 23 December 2007 13:12:17 Robert Black wrote: > >> I was doing a search and ran across this >> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7158135.html >> It came up because it referenced terragear docs. Thought some might be >> interested. >> > > Not that I care about software patents in the first place, but it looks like > they are patenting ideas that are in public domain already. Since when has > that become possible?
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