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From: ken@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Ken Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Null terminator patent disclosure
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Date: 1 Apr 91 12:22:03 GMT
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In article <1991Apr1.052315.16971@contact.uucp egr@contact.uucp (Gordan
Palameta) writes:

> Dear member of the "C" programming community, 

> As you are no doubt aware, the "C" programming language uses the "null
> terminator octet" method...  Please be advised that the "null terminator
> octet" method is covered by US Patent 4 910401

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