Re: WinModem sneaked on my table

Dan Hollis (goemon@sasami.anime.net)
Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:42:01 -0700 (PDT)


On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Fun it may be, but a big job and perhaps leading to legal liabilities.
> (Writing a non-approved driver and distributing it freely, plus patent
> issues on the modem protocols).

You should be able to implement everything up to v.32 (9600bps) without
patent problems. I also believe v.42bis is unencumbered. MNP5 might be
encumbered.

-Dan

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