From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263713AbTJOSRK (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:17:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263764AbTJOSRK (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:17:10 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:5762 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263713AbTJOSRH (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:17:07 -0400 Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:19:35 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" X-X-Sender: root@chaos Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: Dave Jones cc: Nikita Danilov , Erik Mouw , Josh Litherland , Linux kernel Subject: Re: Transparent compression in the FS In-Reply-To: <20031015174827.GA11893@redhat.com> Message-ID: References: <1066163449.4286.4.camel@Borogove> <20031015133305.GF24799@bitwizard.nl> <16269.20654.201680.390284@laputa.namesys.com> <20031015142738.GG24799@bitwizard.nl> <16269.23199.833564.163986@laputa.namesys.com> <16269.29716.461117.338214@laputa.namesys.com> <20031015174827.GA11893@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Dave Jones wrote: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 01:19:09PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > FYI, I invented RLE and I also > > put it into JMODEM the "last" file-transfer protocol that > > I created in 1989. http://www.hal9k.com/cug/v300e.htm > > RLE has been around a *lot* longer than that. > There are even several patents long before you 'invented' it. > > 1975: > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F4031515 > > 1983: > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4,586,027.WKU.&OS=PN/4,586,027&RS=PN/4,586,027 > > > > Dave JMODEM was done in 1989 as stated. RLE was invented my ME in 1967 and was first used for a digital telemetry link between the Haystack research facility in Groton, Mass. and MIT's main campus. I was a technician there during my senior year at Northeastern. Whether or not it was patented by others is immaterial. FYI, there are a lot of things I invented that others patented. The "Rubber Duckey" antenna (used in cell-phones and other transceivers) comes to mind. Even stuff, in which my name is mentioned as a "co-inventor" ends up being attributed to others, i.e., Gordon, et.al. United States Patent 5,577,026 Apparatus for transferring data to and from a moving device. European Patent number 95906032.8-2206 This, where I not only invented it, but single-handedly built it because the others mentioned in the patent were nay-sayers, claiming it wouldn't work. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.22 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.