Re: [Gimp-developer] anti-swpat campaigner seeks pantone patent details

2005-08-28 Thread Alastair M. Robinson
Hi, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote: The lack of Pantone support in GIMP is a useful example of how software users are harmed by software patents, but to make this claim I need to be able to point out which patents cause this problem. Is that really a patent issue? Pantone support need be nothing mor

[Gimp-developer] anti-swpat campaigner seeks pantone patent details

2005-08-28 Thread Ciaran O'Riordan
Hi all, I'm working for FSFE on preventing software patentability in the EU. The lack of Pantone support in GIMP is a useful example of how software users are harmed by software patents, but to make this claim I need to be able to point out which patents cause this problem. Can someone tell me