Subj : Re: RCU+SMR Not! To : comp.programming.threads From : Joe Seigh Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 10:08 am John Hickin wrote: > "Joe Seigh" wrote in message > news:ndGdnbf2cusf4YLeRVn-gg@comcast.com... > >>I just found out that there's a patent application in on SMR hazard >>pointers so they're not really free to use. At least as far as >>using it for FOSS. So RCU+SMR is not anymore. >> > > > I guess the patent application's merit is strongly dependent on when the > application was delivered to the patent office for consideration and when > the topic first appeared in any public forum. > > Patent application number is 20040107227 filed Dec 3, 2002. Earliest publication is about Jan 28, 2002. There may have been a provisional patent filed but at any rate I'm pretty sure IBM and the patent attorneys they hire are aware of patent law requirements at that time. -- Joe Seigh When you get lemons, you make lemonade. When you get hardware, you make software. .