On 03-Nov-99 Alan Cox wrote:
>> Almost all Linux kernels today are infringing on US patent #5,806,063
>
> No. The Linux code predates it.
That's beside the fact that the patent is explicitly for database storage and
sorting not for data representation in general.
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