patenting compiler technology

zeng jane <zjane12@gmail.com>
Mon, 4 Jan 2010 22:19:49 -0800 (PST)

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From: zeng jane <zjane12@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 22:19:49 -0800 (PST)
Organization: Compilers Central
Keywords: question
Posted-Date: 05 Jan 2010 13:40:42 EST

Hi
      Perhaps a very different question than what gets posted but couldnt
think of a better group than this. I am wondering if there is much
value in patenting compiler algorithms.My reasons - One, its hard to
discover their use. Two, algorithms esp heuristic based ones can be
easily modified. Am I right about this ? Are there any successful/
good examples of patents in compilers ?


Just for my curiosity
-z
[I can think of a handful of patents, all about register allocation.
As far as I can tell, nobody's ever made money from them, mostly
useful as defense against future patent trolls. This came up 15
years ago. See http://compilers.iecc.com/comparch/article/95-11-214
-John]


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