Re: object/load module formats

zstern@adobe.com (Zalman Stern)
Tue, 22 Mar 1994 00:42:21 GMT

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From: zstern@adobe.com (Zalman Stern)
Keywords: linker
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
References: 94-03-052
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 00:42:21 GMT

Ronald F. Guilmette writes
> Nor is it likely that ELF is covered by any patents. (Hey! Object file
> formats are not exactly grand new inventions... the're all just variations
> on an old old theme.)


Supposedly Apple has applied for at least one patent on their PowerPC
Executable Format (PEF). That something is a stupid thing to do never seems
to stop a computer company.
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