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Re:“I am not authorizing you to release a Ruby port of Metap... by networked on Sunday December 21, 2014 @08:55AM (#8779745)
The patent is for Metaphone 3, a new version of the algorithm that was released in October 2009 and improves on the previous ones. The differences are why the Ruby gem, which already has Metaphone and Double Metaphone implemented, got a discussion going about porting Metaphone 3 from Java.

Edit: wording.

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Re:“I am not authorizing you to release a Ruby port of Metap... by charlesdm on Sunday December 21, 2014 @09:35AM (#8779829)
If he's the holder of that patent, "Lawrence Brooke Frank Philips", then he can enforce it no? At least in the United States.
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