From kde-core-devel  Sat Jul 03 15:33:24 2004
From: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira () kdemail ! net>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 15:33:24 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Taskbar grouping patented by MS - Mentions kde-look ml as
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Stefan Taferner wrote:
>> Didn't the first KDE release (in 1996?) include a taskbar?
>
>Kde was later than Win95.

As far as I know, if you release something before you file for its=20
patent, you lose the right to do so. So Microsoft cannot later decide=20
to patent something they released two years before.

Or am I wrong?

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