From: nowhere@never.at   
      
   On 04/04/2023 04:20, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 9:18:59 AM UTC+8, Dan Cross wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Again - copyright covers a work of art. Not an   
   >>> architectural concept. Patents could cover the later.   
   >>> But 20 years have passed.   
   >   
   >> You should probably take a law course focusing on intellectual   
   >> property before assuming that.   
   >   
   > I'm not "assuming" anything. It's my understanding.   
      
   you think that CPU-instructions can't be patented ?   
   They are part of real hardware and not just an architectural concept.   
      
   while old stuff runs out of patent with time, there are many new x86-64   
   opcodes like AVX/SIMD and friends that could be still protected.   
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   wolfgang   
      
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