Re: [gnome-love] Intrested in hacking gnome and doing gtop tree view

[Calum Benson <calum benson ireland sun com>]

Sri Ramkrishna wrote:

> These ideas seem very simple.  Boy, they'd patent anything these days
> huh?  Perhaps we can come up with something else?  How detailed is the
> patent on the procedure?  Is it very broad?  I was thinking we could
> always subtly change the method or change the labels.

If anyone has the time or the inclination, they can read the relevant
9-page patent document at
http://www.delphion.com/details?pn=US05546528__ 

Cheeri,
Calum.

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