• wahming@monyet.cc
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      1 year ago

      That’s the issue with software patents. Everything is obvious at a certain level of knowledge

    • lad@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      Also if my understanding of US patents is correct (chances are low, but still) you can use sha1 instead of md5 and change some other minor thing and it’ll not infringe that patent ¯\_(ツ)_/¯