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I dislike the patent system, and I also dislike dishonesty - but could it have been possible that the person accused might have stumbled across the same solutio
by lwhi 16y ago
I dislike the patent system, and I also dislike dishonesty - but could it have been possible that the person accused might have stumbled across the same solution independently?
- sili 16y agoIf the person came up with the solution on his own, wouldn't he patent it in full including the missing piece that the author checked in only later? Without that piece, the solution does not work.
- DarkShikari 16y agoNo, it works -- that was just an extra optimization.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoYes, but it strains credibility that he'd come up with it just after a similar commit was made to x264.