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> show me a single software patent that a competent programmer couldn't develop in a few weeks given the description. MP3.
by wheels 17y ago
> show me a single software patent that a competent programmer couldn't develop in a few weeks given the description.
MP3.
- pyre 17y agoIIRC, MPEG Layer-III isn't a single patent. So it's a bit of a misnomer to say that 'MP3' is a patent that a competent programmer couldn't come up with on their own. On the other hand, I've heard some audio people say that MP3 wasn't necessarily anything 'new' to audio engineers/producers. It was just translating into software what people in the business already knew.
- wheels 17y agoIt certainly was new to audio engineers and producers. It wasn't wholly new to researchers in the field of psycho-acoustic compression, but then, there's rarely much that is new for the inner circle of researchers in a field.
- cookiecaper 17y agoI think that competent programmers with relevant training could develop good compression techniques for things like audio and video. In fact, that happens somewhat often.