Re: patch to gnome-session: smooth fade on logout

[Sander Vesik <Sander Vesik Sun COM>]

Ross Burton wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 14:50, Jeff Waugh wrote:
>
> > > JDS has a different 'fade on logout' effect from community GNOME too,
> > > btw... Matt wrote it IIRC.  Perhaps he could forward you that patch too,
> > > and you can decide which one is more suitable for inclusion...
> >
> > Was this 'fade on logout' patch of particular commercial or brand-oriented
> > importance that it couldn't be sent upstream previously?
>
>
> Possibly it contains Sun-patented algorithms.  Mechanism For Fading An
> Arbitrary Pixbuf To A Specified Colour or something.

<IANAL>
Don't be silly - as GPL contains a patent-grant, it doesn't matter if 
patent implementing patches are sent to upstream by Sun or not, just 
having it somewhere (which is guaranteed by GPL) allows you to use both 
the patch and the patent, at least in code derived from patched 
gnome-session.

Sun isn't in the business of filing for silly patents anyways.
</IANAL>

> Ross


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