Re: Spring Loaded Folders Reloaded

[Chris Chabot <chabotc xs4all nl>]

Might be a good cause for the gnome foundations, FSF or redhat to try
to persuade apple to do this? In cases like this it's a good thing to
have respected & known representatives. Since it's not yet at a
point where lawyers or anything are involved, it wouldn't be to
expensive for said foundations/companies?


Shaun McCance wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 11:43, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> > On 28 Feb 2003, Christophe Fergeau wrote:
> >
> > > > However, looking at the Apple latest patent [1], it is clear that the 
> > > > patch would make Nautilus violates claim 1 of that patent.
> > > >       
> > > To my eyes, the more sensible thing to do with respect to patent is to
> > > never read any so that you can say you didn't know about it if there is
> > > some problems :)
> > > Moreover, this apple patent is probably valid in a few countries, and I
> > > don't think it's really fair to reject this patch because it's illegal
> > > in the us (and maybe a few other countries). You can #ifdef it out in
> > > the problematic countries if you want to be safe :)
> > >     
> > That would mean you can't distribute nautilus.
> >
> > >From the GPL:
> > 7.  If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent 
> > infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues), 
> > conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or 
> > otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not 
> > excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot distribute 
> > so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this License and 
> > any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you may not 
> > distribute the Program at all. For example, if a patent license would not 
> > permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive 
> > copies directly or indirectly through you, then the only way you could 
> > satisfy both it and this License would be to refrain entirely from 
> > distribution of the Program.
> >   
>
> Has anybody contacted Apple about this?  Given how much they've borrowed
> from free software lately, they may be willing to grant some sort of
> free license for spring-loaded folders to free software.
>
>
>
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