KDE violates IBM patent

[dlw]

On June 8, 2004 IBM was awarded a patent for:

"A Caps Lock notification method, system, mechanism, algorithm,
and computer program product. A determination is made as to
whether a Caps Lock key of a computer keyboard is in an error
state, based on ascertaining whether a first condition has been
satisfied. If it is so determined that the Caps Lock key is in an
error state, then a signal is generated to communicate to a user
at the computer keyboard that the Caps Lock key is in the error
state. The signal may be a visual signal, an audible signal, a
tactile signal, an auditory signal, or a combination thereof.
Satisfaction of a second condition may be used to disable the
signal."

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&
p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ptxt&s1='c
aps+lock'&OS=%22caps+lock%22&RS=%22caps+lock%22

Recent versions of KDE infringe this patent at the log-in screen.
Where do we go to get our license?

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