Xref: utzoo comp.windows.x:13774 comp.windows.news:1543 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!ico!auto-trol!marbru From: marbru@auto-trol.UUCP (Martin Brunecky) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.windows.news Subject: Re: HP's 3D UI style Message-ID: <298@auto-trol.UUCP> Date: 26 Sep 89 17:34:35 GMT References: <17707@bellcore.bellcore.com> Reply-To: ncar!ico!auto-trol!marbru (Martin Brunecky) Organization: Auto-trol Technology, Denver Lines: 23 In article <17707@bellcore.bellcore.com> sjs@bellcore.com (Stan Switzer) writes: >I am rather impressed by the visual impact of HP's 3D UI style. >Apparently, HP claims a copyright on this look. This raises a number >of questions: > If If HP is going to claim a copyright on the 3D look, I am REALLY interested in in details. In particular because my company has been using this 3D look (sh (shaded buttons etc) in it's product line for at least 5 years now. How How can you copyright something that has been used for a LONG time by by someone else ? (by (by the way, our S5000 and S7000 DO have a Copyright ... but I doubt we we ever considered suing OSF/Motif or HP...) [opinions expressed here are solely of my own and DO NOT represent official position of Auto-trol Technology Corporation ] -- ############################################################################### Martin Brunecky, Auto-trol Technology Corporation, 12500 North Washington Street, Denver, CO-80241-2404 (303) 252-2499 ncar!ico!auto-trol!marbru