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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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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