Spoiler: GNOME wins

Btw their GNOME Theme manager is here

      • @ozymandias117@lemmy.world
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        221 days ago

        Yeah, I meant it’s unlikely Microsoft would try to sue Gnome or KDE for it, because they’d likely lose the patent

        • @meliante@lemmy.world
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          121 days ago

          Yeah but my understanding is if they have a patent or the copyright or whatever it is, if they do not go after any single possible infringement, they’re potentially throwing away those rights at a later time. At least that’s how I understand it works in the USA at least?

    • @abuttandahalf
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      122 days ago

      How was the patent approved if it already existed tf.

      • @gjoel@programming.dev
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        221 days ago

        My impression is that many parents are just approved by default, letting the courts determine validity… Good for the patent office, great for the lawyers.