On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Alistair Riddoch wrote:
> Mario Frasca writes:
> > a date without century is interpreted as 1970-2069.
>
> This is patented. It is not legal to use this algorithm to deal with y2k
> issues. See this link for more info:
> http://slashdot.org/articles/99/11/01/2047228.shtml ;-)
Software patents don't make sense.
This patent is extremely ridiculous.
Where do you live Mario? Citizen where?
That is probably patented only in the US.
Not all states do allow software patents.
(Sweden doesn't allow software patents. Software can only be patented
in Sweden as a part of a physical mechanism or machine, not by itself.
That algorithm can be used by others for any other purpose, as long as
it is not in the machine or mechanism you have patented.)
Jakob
