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		nomel 59 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mysterious Intrigue Around an x86 "Corporate Entit... Wait, you can patent an operation? Is it not considered an API? I assumed the Java case would meant you couldn't. I would think it would be limited to the hardware implementation, or maybe some specifics of the alg.

trenchpilgrim 59 days ago [–]

Are you willing to fight Intel's lawyers about it, or are you gonna quietly pay them a fee and move on?

anthk 59 days ago | [–]

Then how does QEMU handle that? Or Bochs?

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