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- From: lsr@taligent.com (Larry Rosenstein)
- Subject: Re: Look & Feel
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- References: <D88-JWA.92Aug14130203@dront.nada.kth.se> <D88-JWA.92Aug17212850@dront.nada.kth.se>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 21:59:37 GMT
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- In article <D88-JWA.92Aug17212850@dront.nada.kth.se>,
- d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) wrote:
- >
- > I independently (re-)discovered both of these techniques without
- > even thinking about it. It's not algorithms; it's like patenting
- > the addition operator.
-
- I'm sure other patented devices get "re-discovered" all the time.
-
- > What if someone painted a painting of an apple, and forbade
- > everyone else to paint apples. That's the kind of patents we
- > get now. However, using the EXACT SAME apple (hash function,
-
- I don't think you can patent a painting. You can only copyright a
- painting, and I'm sure many paintings are copyrighted. A copyright doesn't
- prevent someone else from doing another painting of apples as long is it
- isn't a copy of the original work.
-
- Larry Rosenstein
- Taligent, Inc.
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- lsr@taligent.com
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