Den 30. aug. 2012 kl. 10:31 skrev Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com>:
> > On Aug 28, 2012, at 14:31 , steve harley wrote: > >> on 2012-08-28 12:48 DagT wrote >>> In the about 20 years I have been discussing this with people who are >>> opposed to software patents nobody has ever found a fair definition. If you >>> cannot forbid what you cannot define. :-) >> >> that's easy — let them get the patent, but if something is implemented in >> software, it can't be held to violate the patent > > > The screen "gestures" are pretty much software driven. Strokes interpretred > on screen by s/w reading it. It depends how you phrase it. The first ting they could have done was to patent the sensor being able to detect the finger movements and if necessary tell how it was used and the method for interpreting the detected movements. It would have the same effect for Samsung. DagT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
