On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Kern Sibbald wrote:
By the way, you all might be interested to know that Microsoft has filed a
patent application for what are essentially smilies :-) ;-) :-( ... The
patent is on converting them to graphics. If it passes, my program Kmail
would be in violation of their patent for having converted the :) below to a
smilie face on my screen.
The words "prior art" spring to mind
Do you have documentation of when you implemented it?
The patent is directed at Yahoo, however ICQ had the feature well before
MSN even had a messenger system....
AB
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