Spring Loaded Folders - Apple patent
- From: Murray Cumming Comneon com
- To: alexl redhat com, iain prettypeople org
- Cc: desktop-devel-list gnome org, nautilus-list gnome org
- Subject: Spring Loaded Folders - Apple patent
- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:12:31 +0100
I wonder, how are Apple able to stop us from copying this UI feature but
were not able to stop anyone from copying Windows/Buttons in general, when
some court said that a device's user interface can not be copyrighted. I
know that copyright isn't the same as a patent. Does this mean that Apple
could have kept anyone from creating a competing GUI desktop if they had
patented their own instead of just claiming copyright?
Murray Cumming
murrayc usa net
www.murrayc.com
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