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well. apple did not create webkit. they copied khtml and improved it into webkit. so it would have been pretty hard to patent. (not that apple would not succeed

by ibotty 14y ago

well. apple did not create webkit. they copied khtml and improved it into webkit. so it would have been pretty hard to patent. (not that apple would not succeed in doing so though...)

danmaz74 14y ago
Didn't know that... thanks for the info! By the way, by "patenting webkit" I meant patenting some of its technologies.
- ibotty 14y ago
  yeah, but khtml would have been prior art for a big part of webkit.