Re: ARC patent

> > FYI, IBM has applied for a patent on ARC (AFAICS the patent
> > application is still pending, although the USPTO site is a
> little hard to grok):
>
>
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220040098541%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20040098541&RS=DN/20040098541

How will this affect the release of 8.0?

Wasn't this implemented in the early stages of the 7.5 cycle, long before may 20?


... John