On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 08:05:17PM -0500, der Mouse wrote:
> >> however, neither of these is open-source and to make it worse, both
> >> algorithms are patented,
> > the US patent numbers I mentioned above are: [...]
> 
> En passant, are you aware of any non-USA jurisdictions in which there
> are applicable patents?

nope, I don't know of any other relevant patents in any country.

-Chuck