Thank you very much for suggesting me this short discussion. I also explored the site of that project, and I've seen they have a link in evidence on the main page about supporting campaign against software patent. I also played a bit with the libraries and they work smooth. Thanks again!
Gian. On 8 Gen, 13:11, Bill Hart <goodwillh...@googlemail.com> wrote: > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel?hl=en.
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