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about patenting multiplication was misunderstood by many people. I
expected that announcing that I had patented multiplication would
sound so ridiculous, that it would help make the whole issue of
patenting algorithms ridiculous too. Just to make things clear, I am
strongly against the patenting of algorithms.

Multiplication cannot be patented, because it is in the public domain.
In fact, I thought that most people knew this, and that the meaning of
the announcement of having patented multiplication would therefore be
clear. Apparently, it was not clear to everyone. Sorry.

Luis B. Almeida

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