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[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Who the heck thought these should've been approved and why?

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 22 points 11 months ago

That's the issue with software patents. Everything is obvious at a certain level of knowledge

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

Also if my understanding of US patents is correct (chances are low, but still) you can use sha1 instead of md5 and change some other minor thing and it'll not infringe that patent ¯\_(ツ)_/¯