From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261267AbTD1UKQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:10:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261269AbTD1UKQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:10:16 -0400 Received: from ant.hiwaay.net ([216.180.54.10]:5131 "EHLO mail.hiwaay.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261267AbTD1UKP (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:10:15 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 15:22:31 -0500 From: Chris Adams To: Larry McVoy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!] Message-ID: <20030428202231.GA556185@hiwaay.net> References: <20030427183553.GA955879@hiwaay.net> <20030427185037.GA23581@work.bitmover.com> <20030427220717.GA24991@willow.seitz.com> <20030427223255.GH23068@work.bitmover.com> <20030428200424.GA9252@citd.de> <20030428201816.GB23581@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030428201816.GB23581@work.bitmover.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Once upon a time, Larry McVoy said: > Sometimes. If you sit down with product A and use it in the process > of creating product B which does what product A does, the courts have > held that you can't copy look-and-feel for example. Please site a successful ruling to that effect. In the two most well-known look-and-feel court cases, Apple lost their suit against Microsoft, and Lotus lost theirs (on appeal) against Borland. -- Chris Adams Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.