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minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·6 months agoIf true, presumably that gnome and kde don’t believe in the software patent but Apple doesn’t want to try its luck and risk getting in a lawsuit. (That said, they’re not exactly short of lawyers for a lawsuit… Maybe it’s in their interest to uphold the principle of software patents?)
minus-squareozymandias117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoGnome and KDE had this feature LONG before Microsoft, so they have prior art to prove it’s an invalid patent
minus-squareabuttandahalf@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoHow was the patent approved if it already existed tf.
If true, presumably that gnome and kde don’t believe in the software patent but Apple doesn’t want to try its luck and risk getting in a lawsuit.
(That said, they’re not exactly short of lawyers for a lawsuit… Maybe it’s in their interest to uphold the principle of software patents?)
Gnome and KDE had this feature LONG before Microsoft, so they have prior art to prove it’s an invalid patent
How was the patent approved if it already existed tf.