*sigh* CC'ing to the rest of haskell-cafe for completeness. I need to change 'reply all' to a default in my email I guess.
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:19 PM, austin seipp <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Realistically, there probably is. Considering everything down to > linked lists are patented by the USPO, I'd be willing to bet (at least > a dollar or two) that there are many patents out there that apply to > the code used in GHC. I don't know if you could say anything different > about *any* nontrivial software, to be quite honest. > > IANAL however, so I won't attempt to claim in what countries these > patents apply, nor could I cite you patent numbers (legalese being > terse and software patents so seemingly open to interpretation > sometimes, it would be hard to narrow down anyway I think.) > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Shakthi Kannan <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I would like to know if there are any software algorithms used in the >> Glasgow Haskell Compiler that have been patented? If yes, in which >> countries do they apply? >> >> Just curious to know. >> >> SK >> >> -- >> Shakthi Kannan >> http://www.shakthimaan.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> > > > > -- > Regards, > Austin > -- Regards, Austin _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
