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From: turk@Apple.COM (Ken "Turk" Turkowski)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: New algorithm: fast integer-only line clipping
Message-ID: <1610@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 1 May 89 07:04:28 GMT
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Organization: Advanced Technology Graphics, Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA, USA
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In article <2052@incas.UUCP> mdoerr@incas.UUCP (Michael Doerr) writes:
>3. Concerning copyright: Is it possible (or even sensible) to post the
>algorithm to comp.graphics without knowing when and where the paper will
>be published?

The algorithm is one thing, the paper is another.  You should be able
to publish the paper after you publish the algorithm, as long as the
net-posted algorithm doen't contain the same information as the paper.

As far as legal rights for patents, the first publication or posting
voids all patent rights in Europe, but you have a year to apply for a
patent in the U.S.
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