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Re:Poland's oldest university denies Google's right to paten... by thechao on Sunday August 20, 2017 @02:25PM (#15059580)
The genius of ANS is that it isn't a difficult concept to understand. It's a cleverly designed look-up-table. The only really difficult part is the proof of certain parts of the codec window.
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Re:Poland's oldest university denies Google's right to paten... by cyphar on Sunday August 20, 2017 @02:33PM (#15059618)
But is it difficult to understand for a patent clerk, with a massive time crunch and likely not-incredibly-deep knowledge about information theory? Software patents are dangerous for many reasons, but the fact that they're so easy to get is quite worrying.
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