GHFigs

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931.
by GHFigs 17y ago
You can't patent a look. Or copyright it. Or trademark it.
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by GHFigs 17y ago
Well, it's worth pointing out that the only way that EFF could get hold (and publicise) this document was by freaking FOIA'ing NASA Why should it be any different? It's reasonable that the contract should be available that way for the rea
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by GHFigs 17y ago
The GPL depends on copyright.
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by GHFigs 17y ago
I'm also hopeful that proponents of open source, who distinguish themselves from free software are at least now rethinking things a bit. Why would they?
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by GHFigs 17y ago
the total freedom What does this mean?
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by GHFigs 17y ago
not something a reasonable person would expect to find in this sort of agreement What sort of agreement is that? From what I hear, none of this is unusual in mobile or consoles.
937.
by GHFigs 17y ago
The author gets frustratingly close to insight, but ultimately retreats to "blame the user". Only now, instead of the usual accusations of stupidity and/or laziness, they're irresponsible for being afraid to take what they perceive as ris
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by GHFigs 17y ago
They would have thought it an act of God and branded anyone who said otherwise an evil lying heretic. People still do that today, for instance in the comments (15 pages worth) to this post about Blood Falls where the author chose to use the
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by GHFigs 17y ago
Something about this: " ...the experience of darkness, even one as subtle as wearing a pair of sunglasses, triggers the belief that we are warded from others’ attention and inspections. " ...reminded me of this, from The Catcher in the Rye:
940.
by GHFigs 17y ago
How many of those huge, omnipresent networks of high quality information are paid for by advertising revenue?
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by GHFigs 17y ago
You could ignore it, just like you ignore dozens of other stories every day. You could flag it if you think it's inappropriate for Hacker News. You could write a blog post about the problem you see and submit it. You could stop reading the
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3Com Audrey(en.wikipedia.org)
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943.
by GHFigs 17y ago
The hat is bigger than ever, but still no sign of the cattle.
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by GHFigs 17y ago
The primary problem with your argument is that (hypothetically) there were not shaved ice scoops (double the size) similar to the ice cream scoop you own previous to the invention you cite. I don't understand what you're saying. Microsof
945.
by GHFigs 17y ago
This is a patent application, not a granted patent.
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by GHFigs 17y ago
Apple is about to launch a new product that (if successful) will undoubtedly spawn dozens of imitators. They want to prevent the competition from this product from getting a free ride on their technologies (let's assume that each is a credi
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by GHFigs 17y ago
your absurd "there would be no touch without Apple" stance Who are you quoting?
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by GHFigs 17y ago
Does the LG Prada (or any other phone prior to the iPhone) contain any of the things that Apple has patented?
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by GHFigs 17y ago
Patents where created to replace trade secrets. Bullshit. If an idea is so fucking-obvious in hindsight that you don't need the patent's description to re-implement it, than that shouldn't be patentable. That's painting with an absurdly
950.
by GHFigs 17y ago
It's hard to argue that people cared that much about 3G back then, especially AT&T customers. Many them weren't AT&T customers. That green bar also coincides with the release of the iPhone in 22 countries (as opposed to only 6 for
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by GHFigs 17y ago
One is to do what Google does and keep the knowledge of your best stuff to yourself. Any suggestions on how to do that with a product as opposed to a service?
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by GHFigs 17y ago
There is a significant difference between understanding something intellectually and understanding it in such a way that it becomes intuitive or second-nature. That the task of getting the content from one place to another can be done relia
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by GHFigs 17y ago
2006 was before Amazon's download store even launched.
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by GHFigs 17y ago
they're pressuring them to stop giving Amazon a day of exclusivity Moreover they aren't even threatening to stop selling their product (as Amazon did with Macmillan's books), but to " [withdraw] marketing support for certain releases feat
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by GHFigs 17y ago
I wouldn't doubt your lawyers! They were probably right in a context that does not generalize exactly. I am not a lawyer and speak from no authority but curiosity, so I could be completely wrong or misleadingly close to being right, but I t
956.
by GHFigs 17y ago
Being a monopoly in music distribution What definition of monopoly leads you to that conclusion?
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by GHFigs 17y ago
Could you relate that claim to the submission at hand?
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by GHFigs 17y ago
That's an example where they didn't win, but I know of no reason to think that they knew they certainly wouldn't. It was definitely not obvious at the time that copyright could not apply to interfaces as a whole, and Microsoft's prior conse
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by GHFigs 17y ago
The first three claims are establishing the basis for claims 4 through 9. Likewise claims 11 through 17 depend on claim 10 and claims 19 through 24 depend on claim 18. Though they are written linearly, patents have a hierarchical structure.
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by GHFigs 17y ago
Apple has a track record of filing lawsuits it knows it almost certainly won't win. Examples?

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