[comp.unix.misc] Patent on include files

ct@dde.dk (Claus Tondering) (02/07/91)

I have just read that the US Patent Office has issued a patent on
the concept of an include file. Who owns this patent? Exactly what
was patented?
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Claus Tondering                                       | The number of seconds
Dansk Data Elektronik A/S, Herlev, Denmark            | in a leap year is
E-mail: ct@dde.dk                                     | sqrt(1E15)

lewis@tramp.Colorado.EDU (LEWIS WILLIAM M JR) (02/08/91)

See "UNIX System Security" by Wood and Kochan for a copy of the patent
and a fairly complete description.

Cheers