Many thanks to all for your help and ideas-
The winning ticket was Ms. Huck, with a link to this gem:
http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/docu/lx24jun03dd02.pdf
Check out Chapter 20, I have to remember that IBM does some good
stuff on DevWorks with Linux as well as other sources.
Thanks again to everyone for their efforts, and an exceptional thank
you to Cornelia Huck and Rodney Clayton,
Murray Butler
"I would point out that linked lists, mark-and-copy garbage
collection, and the Tab key are all patented too. Somebody
who always carefully checked first for software patents would
never write anything at all."
- Martin Pool, in the rsync FAQ
