Hi Wayne, Thank you for your answser.
Well, the current situation seems to be blurry. Last year Corel lost a patent lawsuit and this article [1] explains that nobody can clarify the situation. Do you think that the IP team can get in touch with Microsoft's legal department ? Laurent [1] https://www.infoq.com/news/2018/02/Ribbon-UI Le mer. 6 mars 2019 à 21:12, EMO EMO <e...@eclipse-foundation.org> a écrit : > I don't see anything in the thread that suggests that the legal situation > has changed from what's been captured in CQ 3187 > <https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3187>. Does anybody have > any insight into whether not the license on this content has changed? > > Whatever the case, if you want to pursue this, send a note to > lice...@eclipse.org to ask for help. Your request will get addressed > faster if you can provide pointers to the current state Microsoft's legal > claims on the topic. > > Wayne > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 4:17 AM Wim Jongman <wim.jong...@remainsoftware.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Laurent, >> >> >> >> That is great news! Do you think we should contact Microsoft to know if >> we can reverse engineer the ribbbon? Maybe the EMO (in cc) is able to >> advise us. >> >> >> >> We are talking about recreating the Microsoft Ribbon which is attached in >> a picture. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> Wim >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* nebula-dev-boun...@eclipse.org [mailto: >> nebula-dev-boun...@eclipse.org] *On Behalf Of *Laurent Caron >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 5 March 2019 23:29 >> *To:* Nebula Dev >> *Subject:* Re: [nebula-dev] Question about "Ribbon" >> >> >> >> Hi Team, >> >> >> >> Well I've checked RWT and the source code has not been published. >> >> >> >> So I've decided to start to work on this feature. Do you know any "flat >> icon" library that can be included in a EPL project ? >> >> >> >> Have a nice evening, >> >> >> >> Laurent >> >> >> >> >> >> Le lun. 25 févr. 2019 à 10:10, Laurent Caron <laurent.ca...@gmail.com> a >> écrit : >> >> Hi Ralf, >> >> >> >> I agree with you: Microsoft is very proud of Ribbon Bar (that's why it >> has been introduced in the File Explorer of Windows 10), but the gap for >> users is very important. I remember the arrival of Office 2007, many people >> where puzzled, but once >> >> you accustomed, you are very productive. I agree also with the fact that >> companies should take care of this UI feature, it can be a big mess (as far >> as I know, the Ribbon was tested during 2 years by Microsoft Labs before >> being shipped). >> >> >> >> I never heard about RWT but I'll have a look, thanks. >> >> >> >> By the way, does anyone interested in this project ? >> >> >> >> Laurent >> >> >> >> >> >> Le dim. 24 févr. 2019 à 23:16, Ralf Heydenreich <rheyd...@justmail.de> a >> écrit : >> >> Am 24.02.2019 um 17:29 schrieb Laurent Caron: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Well if my level of Wim's language is good enough, a sentence with the >> word "batmobile" means "Green light" 😉 >> >> >> >> As far as I remember, the look of Hexapixel's ribbon was really close to >> the "office 2007" look... Nowadays, Word's ribbon is more flat, without >> gradient... >> >> So my question is : should we start from the original ribbon by Emi, >> should we build a new project from scratch or should we migrate project >> like FXRibbon ([1]) from JavaFX to SWT ? >> >> >> >> I'm interested by this widget, who else ? >> >> >> >> Laurent >> >> >> >> [1] https://www.pixelduke.com/fxribbon/ >> >> >> >> Hi Laurent, >> >> a few months ago I've also player around with the Hexapixel Ribbon >> library, but I've decided to not use it. I think, the concept of a "ribbon >> bar" is specific for Microsoft applications, especially for Windows users. >> MaOS and Linux users have other UI concepts. >> >> Nonetheless, I think we can work on such a ribbon widget for SWT, since a >> lot of applications are running under Windows (in my experience). Therefore >> it's good to have a well known concept of a UI. >> >> Btw, there's also a "Ribbon Widget Toolkit" ( >> https://code.google.com/archive/p/rwt/), but it is completely in Chinese >> language and I haven't work with it. >> >> Ralf >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Le dim. 24 févr. 2019 à 11:57, Wim Jongman < >> wim.jong...@remainsoftware.com> a écrit : >> >> IIRC someone said there is no patent issue anymore. >> >> To the batmobile, let's go. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* nebula-dev-boun...@eclipse.org <nebula-dev-boun...@eclipse.org> >> on behalf of Christian Pontesegger <christian.ponteseg...@web.de> >> *Sent:* Sunday, February 24, 2019 8:59:34 AM >> *To:* Nebula Dev >> *Subject:* Re: [nebula-dev] Question about "Ribbon" >> >> >> >> Interesting IP situation. Do you now, does Eclipse try to sort out such >> issues, eg by contacting Microsoft to find an alternate way of >> licensing? >> >> Christian >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nebula-dev mailing list >> nebula-dev@eclipse.org >> To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe >> from this list, visit >> https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/nebula-dev >> >> > > -- > The Eclipse Management Organization > Eclipse Foundation > _______________________________________________ > nebula-dev mailing list > nebula-dev@eclipse.org > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe > from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/nebula-dev
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