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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Amused by Apple's latest advertsRe: Amused by Apple's latest adverts
From: Thomas Martitz <thomas.martitz_at_fhtw-berlin.de>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:37:24 +0100 Dave Woyciesjes schrieb: > Dave Woyciesjes wrote: >> Daniel Stenberg wrote: >>> On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Camilo Mesias wrote: >>> >>>> http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/voiceover.html >>>> >>>> What does the Rockbox world think of the shuffle feature? >>> >>> This particular person thinks this: >>> >>> http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2009/01/24/apple-patents-another-rockbox-idea/ >>> >>> >> >> Well, there is a process of getting info to the Patent Office >> about the prior art. This would probably be a task for the higher ups >> in the Rockbox org, they could probably get help or advice from the >> lawyers of the FSF.... >> It should be pursued, as far as I'm concerned.... >> > > Ah, here we go: > > http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-violation.html > There's no violation of the GPL. They "just" patented a feature that Rockbox had long before. GPL violation was if they actually used our code too (which I tend to doubt). Received on 2009-03-11 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |