IBM et al had puiblically avaiable journals for the purpose of publishing
things they thought not worth patentng but wanted to prevent other people
patenting. Examples of things disclosed in these journals was time sharing
(before that became popular). How you find these publications and whether they
still exist I do not know.
The SSL patent allows netscape to stop the "embrace and strangle" strategy
which some companies favour.
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Duncan (-:
"software industry, the: unique industry where selling substandard goods is
legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems."
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