Hi all, and thanks a lot for your replies! We did investigate the patents before deciding to start the project and they do indeed seem to be US-only. So, as long as Jolla isn't even available in the US, everything should be fine.
On the other hand, just to be on the safe side, we thought about leaving it in "beta-proof-of-concept" stage, or at least labelling it as such, and not promoting it (word of mouth should be enough to make it reach the devices of those who really want it). After all, patents only apply for things like sales and exporting, not for "academic purposes". If someone with access to a patent lawyer would like to investigate things and help it turn into a real project, this help would be more than welcome, but unfortunately we don't have such resources. As for github/gitorious, we'll gladly share it when there's something worthwhile, but without being able to get actual raw data from a finger drawing a curve, there's not much coding that can be done. So we'd really appreciate it if someone could give us a hint. :) Thanks again, Vivia On 15 April 2014 22:38, <dadi...@gmx.net> wrote: > But how does it work for the other swype like keyboards available for > android? > > I can't see any differences to the original one. > > Am Tue Apr 15 2014 20:49:46 GMT+0200 (CEST) schrieb Michael Doube: >> On 15/04/14 19:39, Martin Kolman wrote: >> >> A quick look at the bottom of the Wikipedia entry for Swype confirms >> >> my suspicion... (2 US patents). :-( >> > Well, they look like to be US patents - so considering the Jolla is not >> > even sold in the USA & it would be an external application anyway, I >> > don't really see any issue. >> >> Well, I wouldn't want the Jolla team to find themselves in hot water for >> distributing unlicensed functionality on the Harbour site. Nor the >> external application developer for implementing and publishing it, maybe >> even for a fee. Since Swype made a US patent, and their product is >> distributed worldwide, I would expect to find some European patents too >> (not being listed on Wikipedia is not authoritative evidence of >> non-existence). Anyway, this is non-expert handwaving. If there is a >> legal way to get something Swype-like on the Jolla, it would be great. >> >> Michael >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list >> > > -- > Gesendet von meinem Jolla > _______________________________________________ > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list _______________________________________________ SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list
