Re: Physically based kinetic scrolling

[Hashem Nasarat <hnasarat gmail com>]

On 05/05/2014 10:09 AM, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-05-05 at 10:04 -0400, Hashem Nasarat wrote:
> > Sweet feature! But....
> >
> > Is this legal to implement? As far as I know, doesn't a portion of the
> > Apple v Samsung trial have to do with the way Samsung implemented touch
> > scrolling? Also, aren't apple's patents the reason why Android doesn't
> > have the bounce animation in their scrolling lists?
> >
> > I'm not a lawyer, but these two patents seem to describe what you have
> > implemented (and to a lesser degree, the pre-existing touch physics in
> > GTK+).
>
> Don't discuss, or link to patents on the developer list. The less we
> know, the less we are likely to infringe, or the less likely we are to
> be condemned for infringing if that were to be the case.
>
> It's the same reason why we don't go scouring patent archives when
> implementing or designing new features.
>
> Cheers

Oops! I was unaware that being unaware of infringement is a possible
defense.
http://www.whitecase.com/articles-04102012/