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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 17:52:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>
To: "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@wittsend.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux stifles innovation...
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On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> > You know XOR is patented (yes, the logical bit operation XOR).
> 	But wasn't that Xerox that had that?

US Patent #4,197,590 held by NuGraphics, Inc.

> Yeah, the same ones that screwed us over with the compression patent
> that shot .gif images out of the sky.  There was inovation for you.

That wasn't Xerox. That was Unisys (due to LZW).

-Dan

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