are algorithms patentable?

Tom Pennello uunet!sol.metaware.com!tom
Fri Jan 13 08:07:42 PST 1995


> From uunet!cwi.nl!dikauunet.uu.net Thu Jan 12 19:20:40 1995
> 
> 1.  I do not know whether LZW has been published in CACM, but if it has
>     this is not contradictory to it being patented.
The first time I saw LZW described was in IEEE Computer Magazine,
June 1984.



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