On Friday, July 16, 2010 04:48:50 Marcel Rieux wrote: > Err... yes. When you talk intellectual property in software, you talk > patents. So what's the patent that could possibly pretend that you can't > replace "this" with "that". You need to find "this" in a list, that provide > the correction "that". Are there many more basic exercises in programming?
You wouldn't believe how basic it can get. The most prominent example is the Microsoft patent on double-clicking: http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Example_software_patents#Double-clicking You might also want to check other patents on that page. My favorites are page-up-page-down patent, progress bar patent, popup window patent, and --- the mother of all patents --- the *wheel* ! :-) Going by the name "circular transportation facilitation device", the wheel patent was approved by Australian patent office in May 2001. Here is a report: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn965-wheel-patented-in-australia.html Have fun! :-) Marko -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
