[Ambassadors] Fedora Brazil Magazine #4 released

[Mathieu Bridon (bochecha)]

Hi !

> Happy new year and do not forget to download the magazine in the link
> below:
> 
> http://www.projetofedora.org/revista/RevistaFedoraBrasil004.pdf

Thanks for the link, reading it right now :)

However, something caught my attention:
"""
* Apple patenteia Dock depois de quase 10 anos

Após nove anos, a Apple finalmente obteve o registro da patente da
chamada Dock, a barra de atalhos e tarefas presente em seu sistema
operacional, o Mac OS X. O registro foi pedido em 20 de dezembro de
1999.

Segundo o site MacNN, a patente abrange posicionamento de ícones e
cursores, além do efeito de ampliação obtido quando o mouse é passado
sobre um ícone. (...) Isso pode revelar-se uma má notícia para softwares
de terceiros inspirados na invenção, como os programas ObjectDock,
RocketDock e Avant Windows Navigator.
"""

For those in here who don't understand portuguese, it means that Apple
patented the Dock. Moreover, the patent covers « positioning of icons
and cursors, as well as the zoom effect when the mouse moves over an
icon »

Is the legal team aware of this ? What's gonna happen about those
dock-like apps in the Fedora repositories, given the Fedora policy on
patented software ?

Of course, this mailing-list might not be the best place to talk about
it. Is there another communication medium for legal stuff ?

Regards,


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Mathieu Bridon (bochecha)
French Fedora Ambassador

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"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~Benjamin Franklin
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