Scripsit Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Actually, one could wonder who was first. I'm not blatantly assuming > Adobe just took the swirl without looking at our copyright, but then > it's not entirely impossible either.
It ought to be possible for someone to dig up a pre-1999 version Illustrator and see if it has the same stock graphics. The question is whether an appropriate someone reads this list, and who would admit to being in possession of such proprietary software? :-) > The fact that this wave of other usages of the swirl is fairly recent > (or is that a perception on my side?) The first case I remember is http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/07/msg00167.html - hardly that recent IMO. -- Henning Makholm "Det er du nok fandens ene om at mene. For det ligger i Australien!" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]