On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 07:19:21AM +0100, F. Kater wrote:
> Michael Wilkinson:
>
> > There is Microsoft Patent for a virtual desktop in the works, have you
> > guys seen this:
> >
> > http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220030189597%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20030189597&RS=DN/20030189597
They pretty much got a patent on the whole virtual desktop idea
coupled with pagers. Among other claims, any graphical
representation of the virtual desktop seems to have been patented.
As far as I can see now, fvwm would hypothetically infringe the
patent in many ways:
fvwm core:
claims 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 25
FvwmPager:
claims 1, 2, 7, 14, 16, 18
FvwmBacker.
claims 17, 20
FvwmCommand, FvwmConsole, etc.
claim 19
Existing scripts, menus, FvwmButtons configs
claims 5, 6
fvwm-theme
claims 21, 22, 23, 24
> Uuugh...What can we do?
>
> Does the http://swpat.ffii.org/ comunity know about this?
I've contacted the FSF. Maybe I can find something about this
patent in the news. If not, we have to inform the press.
Ciao
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Thu Feb 26 2004 - 03:14:09 GMT