[Ambassadors] Fedora Brazil Magazine #4 released

Jason Benedict Low jbenedictlow at gmail.com
Thu Jan 1 06:32:45 UTC 2009


Mathieu Bridon (bochecha) wrote:
> For those in here who don't understand portuguese, it means that Apple
> patented the Dock. Moreover, the patent covers « positioning of icons
> and cursors, as well as the zoom effect when the mouse moves over an
> icon »
>
> Is the legal team aware of this ? What's gonna happen about those
> dock-like apps in the Fedora repositories, given the Fedora policy on
> patented software ?
>
> Of course, this mailing-list might not be the best place to talk about
> it. Is there another communication medium for legal stuff ?
Happy New Year. I believe AWN is not identical to the design of OSX dock, mouse-over effect icon layout and etc are all different in combination. Thus may not be in trouble by OSX Dock design patent issue. However, lets hear from what other may comments. 

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