Patents
Here's a list that I created when parsing some PR material. It was supposed to be for my personal notes, so it may be somewhat hard to read.
Pantent on the FAT file system (could be illustrated by a shell whose prompt shows "/dos/letters>" or similar) (Or any small-memory devices like CompactFlash, Digital Camera..)
A list of more than 20,000 EPO Software Patents. They can be easily navigated by clicking on keywords.
Drafts
The Gimp related: CMYK patents (since the Gimp does not do it, maybe should be ImageMagick or one of the many apps linked to lib littlecms) <- The new Gimp-Version does support CMYK, AFAIK
- Maybe a video player, since MPEG (ie. xvid, ffmpeg, divx and others) has a patent on it
I heard (to be checked) that the two-side-window mode of a file browser (see "view profile"->"windows commander" in Konqueror) is patented
- The screenshot is very large and messy, it should be possible to gather every elements with only 3 or 4 applications opened
Problem: We shall not create the impression thast certain projects of the desktop are under threat. audio patents are for instance a treat to all patent holder.
I think we shall better not use a Linux desktop with knwon programms.
There are many intresting patents on unvisible things: "virtual devices" See more here: http://gauss.bacon.su.se/indices/keyword/232/ I thinkm this would be fun.
