>>>>> "Pavel" == Pavel Bradut Boghita <bradut@freeuk.com> writes: [...] Pavel> How then, can someone patent code which has been around and used Pavel> for quite a while I just don't get it. The patent (which is on the algorithm, not the code) was around before the decoders existed. It just happens that they are starting to collect the royalties. -- Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.
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