Re: [DIS] A little history question
CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> wrote: > what kind of published document ? on-line or printed ? Printed would be the only improvement over what I have now. I already have the google archive of the original posting of the source code in Feb. '94, along with a binary that someone compiled and posted a few weeks later. I haven't gotten around to asking if either of those is admissable, but I doubt it. > curious ... what is significant about October 1996 ? That date is one year prior to the file date of US Patent #6,137,498, which I'm hoping to use Gifscii as prior art against (specifically the first two claims).
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