On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 05:45:26PM -0700, Ryan Barrett wrote: > sorry, i know this is probably tinder for a flame war...but i have to ask. > according to the earlier email Tuomo linked to, this is "...because of patents > that may cover parts Ion and some other WMs as well." which patents are these? > is this window manager patent widely known?
The patent has been quite recently used in the US against another company. I rather not post the link on a public mailing list. > given that ion is small and open source and tuomo (i'm guessing) isn't rich, the > patent holder may not find out about ion or care. Yes, it is highly improbable they would find it worth trying shut down Ion's development. But given the company's track record... -- Tuomo
