On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Sudhir Gandotra wrote:
> With the patent, Microsoft's rivals are prohibited from manufacturing
> or selling products containing zeroes and ones--the mathematical
> building blocks of all computer languages and programs--unless a royalty
How can they? My ancestors have held the patent for zero since the
they discovered it 2000 years ago :-) (and patents were given for the
entire earth's life at that time, so no problems with expiry)
and I am ready to licence zero only for the exclusive use by free
software :-)
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#!!! If anything can go wrong, _FIX_ it. (To hell with MURPHY)
Ajay kumar Dwivedi
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