KDE violates IBM patent

[Robert Osfield]

if (caps_lock_on)
{
	beep(0.5);
	printf("Your caps lock is on.\n");
}

So this infringes on a IBM patent. great....  I hope IBM employees are 
thrilled about working for such an innovative and forward looking company.

Robert.

On Friday 11 June 2004 14:52, you wrote:
> 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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