GMP arithmetic covered by patents?

[Torbjorn Granlund]

"Marcus Christian Schafheutle" <Marcus.Schafheutle at gmx.de> writes:

  does anybody know if the underlying arithmetic algorithms of GMP
  are covered by patents? Where can I found further information on 
  this issue?

I have no idea, and I don't care.  I let people that live under
jurisdictions that recognize software patents worry.

With the patent situation in the US, old stuff that are not
patented today, will surely be patented tomorrow.

-- 
Torbjörn