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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2011-November/009436.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2011-November/009436.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0bdac17c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2011-November/009436.html @@ -0,0 +1,148 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] [RFC] move cairo-dock to tainted because of trademark/patent issues + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20%5BRFC%5D%20move%20cairo-dock%20to%20tainted%20because%20of%0A%09trademark/patent%20issues&In-Reply-To=%3C4EBA7CC3.8050001%40arcor.de%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="009432.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="009437.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] [RFC] move cairo-dock to tainted because of trademark/patent issues</H1> + <B>Florian Hubold</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20%5BRFC%5D%20move%20cairo-dock%20to%20tainted%20because%20of%0A%09trademark/patent%20issues&In-Reply-To=%3C4EBA7CC3.8050001%40arcor.de%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] [RFC] move cairo-dock to tainted because of trademark/patent issues">doktor5000 at arcor.de + </A><BR> + <I>Wed Nov 9 14:14:43 CET 2011</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="009432.html">[Mageia-dev] Alpha1 - reminder +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="009437.html">[Mageia-dev] [RFC] move cairo-dock to tainted because of trademark/patent issues +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#9436">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#9436">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#9436">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#9436">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>Hi there, + +after updating cairo-dock and -plugins to the latest version, +it has come to my attention that cairo-dock has been removed +from Fedora due to patent issues, as can be seen here: +<A HREF="http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=cairo-dock.git;a=blob;f=dead.package;h=2f21e743a00cfe3accc33b8d5c974f2572bcdfc5;hb=9e2eb0b9936f326a454f6104a81c6061a5528625">http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=cairo-dock.git;a=blob;f=dead.package;h=2f21e743a00cfe3accc33b8d5c974f2572bcdfc5;hb=9e2eb0b9936f326a454f6104a81c6061a5528625</A> +I've found no further explanation about this so far. + +The corresponding patent (from Apple) should be this one: +<A HREF="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,434,177.PN.&OS=PN/7,434,177&RS=PN/7,434,177">http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,434,177.PN.&OS=PN/7,434,177&RS=PN/7,434,177</A> +IMHO this Apple patent should not have been issued because of prior art: +<A HREF="http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Apple_Dock">http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Apple_Dock</A> but currently it's effective and we need to +respect it. + +A related discussions about cairo-dock and trademarks of +some of the included icons in cairo-dock-plugins can be seen here: +<A HREF="http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/legal/2009-January/000505.html">http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/legal/2009-January/000505.html</A> +To be honest, i don't think this was appropriate as those icons +clearly seem to come from the game pingus, which is FL/OSS. + +So i request cairo-dock and cairo-dock-plugins and cairo-dock-themes +be moved to tainted. Any objections? + + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="009432.html">[Mageia-dev] Alpha1 - reminder +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="009437.html">[Mageia-dev] [RFC] move cairo-dock to tainted because of trademark/patent issues +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#9436">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#9436">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#9436">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#9436">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |