There's a little bit of a discussion about the issue on the GMP list: http://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-discuss/2010-January/thread.html
I strongly expect that HP didn't try to patent this idea to get all the GMP developers' money, because from what I can gather, they don't have any. Could they be after the money of Maple? And what could have been done to avoid this situation? Patents are a submerged minefield. Who knows when you are going to violate one. There's very little one can do. At any rate, the "invention" is so obvious, and there is so much prior art, that a trial would hopefully invalidate it. Bill. 2010/1/8 Gianrico Fini <gianrico.f...@gmail.com>: > Patents are very dangerous for free-software! We should be more strict > on this! > > Gian. > > On 5 Gen, 21:15, Bill Hart <goodwillh...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> HP has apparently tried to patent what looks to me (the description is >> too vague to be sure) like breaking decimal numbers up into chunks >> which fit into words. >> >> http://www.wikipatents.com/7523150.html-1 >> >> Anyhow, there is an article on slashdot that the GMP authors were >> invited to comment on the patent "as their software may infringe". >> >> Bill. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mpir-devel" group. > To post to this group, send email to mpir-de...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > mpir-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel?hl=en. > > > >
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