On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 05:44 +0100, Cesare Marilungo wrote: > Sorry, but this is *not* true. > > What if I own a patent for what could be the only possible way to > write > a fast realtime FFT algorithm? > Nobody else can write an application that does the FFT at that speed. > This is science (computer science, indeed). > > This is knowledge, and should be free. Well by your logic, ALL patents (hardware and software) are invalid. Lee
