Nathan Kopp <Nat### [at] Koppcom> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the heads-up.
>
> Not to start a huge discussion.... but as a programmer I find software
> patents so annoying.  I have this sinking feeling that in the future
> whenever I try to do something, all of my tools to complete the task
> will be unavailable because somebody patented them.

Well, we just have to start distribute povray from sweden then because we
don't have patents on algorithms here. :)
It has been done for a couple of mp3-encoders who use that fast fraunhofer
algorithm or what ever it's called.

/Anders

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