[plug] [link] welcome to wonderland (C) Microsoft Corporation 2004

[Jim Householder]

Sol wrote:
> Sorry if this has been posted before, but perhaps this is so ludicrous 
> it deserves a special mention. The US Patents Office has just granted 
> a patent to Microsoft for the 'double-click'. 
>  
> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/02/1086058889577.html 
>  
> I wonder what this means for GNOME? 
>  
> cheers; sol 
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Sorry, but the link supplied does not work for me so I cannot read  the 
details.  However, from what Patrick says, the patent should never have 
been granted since I have been using that technique for the last 7 years 
to set the clock in my car radio!  Even if it had not been patented 
before, if something has been in public use for over a year it is not 
eligible for a patent in the US.  But then they might have snuck a 
change through without telling anyone.

Jim



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