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RE[2]: Isn't it patented? - since always
by jabbotts on Mon 21st Dec 2009 18:31
in reply to "RE: Isn't it patented?"
You'll find the FOSS folks much more stringent about patents and related licenses. Licenses are the very primes and reason for the FOSS community in the first place.
Now, if you have source information that supports the claim that FOSS folks have a general disregard for patent and license law, it could be an interesting read..
RE[2]: Isn't it patented?
by spiderman on Mon 21st Dec 2009 09:05
in reply to "RE: Isn't it patented?"
Well, they've patented this kind of stuff before:
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7028023/fulltext.html
The US patent office is incompetent. They don't actually know what software is to begin with and they don't filter anything, not even the most obvious crap.
Edited 2009-12-21 09:07 UTC
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It's a nice feature to have, but as i remeber movies when multitouch started to be demonstrated, Apple and Microsoft were highly interested.
Iphone has lots of touch related stuff patented, I guess multitouch is also not left behind to implement freely..