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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
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Reply-To: ncar!ico!auto-trol!marbru (Martin Brunecky)
Organization: Auto-trol Technology, Denver
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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 ]

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