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I wish you were kidding. In the 1990s I worked on software that had the same "look and feel" of the "delicious library". We had shelves and we put things on th
by nirvana 14y ago
I wish you were kidding. In the 1990s I worked on software that had the same "look and feel" of the "delicious library". We had shelves and we put things on them, books, CDs, etc, in our software. This was for a seattle software company- the same city that Wil Shipley lived in when he created delicious library.
So, can I claim that, because he put books on shelves in his software that he stole the idea from us, when we did it 10 years before him?
His claim that Apple "stole" this from him is completely absurd to the point of nonsensical. He couldn't have sued Apple because his claim is nonsense.
Just as my claim that he stole our idea of putting books on shelves is nonsense as well.
The sad thing is, so many people believe this kind of nonsense.
"Hey I put books on shelves in software!" Look how innovative I am!
To compare this to patents is beyond reaching.
- chimeracoder 14y agoActually, if you'd had a patent on it, you could claim that, under current law. Some of the software patents being upheld cover far less.