Re: Symbols and the Lucent Winmodem driver

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Thu, 29 Jun 2000 23:50:59 -0400 (EDT)


On 29 Jun 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Isn't the problem that V.42[bis], V.34[bis] and V.90 are patented?

If you have a WinModem, then you implicitly have a license to use that
patent on that modem. Otoh, if you want to use it on, say, a spare ISDN
channel, you do not.

-ben

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