Re: Spring Loaded Folders - Apple patent
- From: Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>
- To: Christophe Fergeau <teuf users sourceforge net>
- Cc: Murray Cumming Comneon com, alexl redhat com, iain prettypeople org, desktop-devel-list gnome org, nautilus-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Spring Loaded Folders - Apple patent
- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:39:23 -0500
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 08:10:51PM +0100, Christophe Fergeau wrote:
>
> > In any case, the issue isn't just whether GNOME would eventually win a
> > multi-year multi-appeal million dollar lawsuit, but whether we want to
> > be involved in one. ;-)
>
> GNOME or RedHat ? Isn't GNOME only providing source, which is protected
> by your free speech rights ?
>
No, I believe the source is still illegal, and GNOME Foundation or
individual GNOME contributors would be liable for distributing
it. e.g. Alex could be sued for committing the patch. I am not a
lawyer, of course.
Havoc
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