On Tuesday 22 March 2005 19:52, Daevid Vincent wrote:
...and whom "exactly" will they tell to cease & desist? The programmer? The linux community? The KDE dev team? The users?
Doesn't matter.
Once the developer knows something is covered by a patent he can't use it in GPL code as to him the GPL only applies if nothing in the code could restrict its freedoms (if I remember correctly patents are explicitly stated)
I'm sure somebody could whip this up and put it out there on a torrent or something without a trace.
True, but an unoffical patch would be quite useless, you would have to compile the application/library in question yourself all the timer its code changes.
a break. They make icons magnify when you roll over them. Not rocket-science.
As far as I know only their magnifying algorithm is patented (which makes it look like it is coming towards you).
So, if it is only the algorithm that is patented (which is a legitimate patent) then if someone duplicates it without seeing their code it is not an infringement.
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