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Message-ID: <4AE5C7C0.3060305@mayc.ru>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:01:04 +0300
From: "Anton D. Kachalov" <mouse@...c.ru>
To: Rayson Ho <raysonlogin@...il.com>
CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: FatELF & patents
Rayson Ho wrote:
> Just a heads up...
>
> Apple (NeXT) patented the technologies behind universal binaries:
>
> "Method and apparatus for architecture independent executable files"
>
> http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=MQQnAAAAEBAJ
> http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=b3wiAAAAEBAJ
>
> (Patent 5432937, 5604905)
>
Hmm... looks like patents talks about objects that stored in one file
with arch-independent header.
My implementation (that is differ to Ryan's) do not use any headers
except ELF header and just 3 bytes in it to store next location. So,
it's patent clear.
PS. Patents is evil. This is very common way to store different arch
binaries...
Rgds,
Anton
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