I agree with you about being in the wrong group. I actually wanted to post this in "Android Discuss" but put it accidentally here in "Android Developers". But you can't delete a post and re-post it.
>> ... company policy is to avoid reading or learning about any patent-related >> subject << Really!!?? I never knew about these 'policies'. What do they do? Lock their employees in air-tight cubicles with tightly moderated communications? :=) On Apr 15, 10:11 am, Jean-Baptiste Queru <[email protected]> wrote: > First, this isn't quite on-topic for this group (neither is the > meta-discussion about patent laws and their interpretation that is > almost guaranteed to follow), as this has no relationship to the > official Android SDK. > > Second, more importantly, many people who read and participate in this > group and other official Android discussion groups work for companies > where company policy is to avoid reading or learning about any > patent-related subject, and to avoid forums and sites where such > discussions routinely happen. It'd be unfortunate if those people were > forced to stay away from the official groups because of patterns of > patent-related discussions. Let's try to be self-moderating in that > area before lawyers need to get involved (as even the most friendly > lawyers can't make their involvement pleasant in that case). > > Thanks, > JBQ > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Streets Of Boston > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ... It seems Elan had it running on Android before the iPhone. :=) > > >http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2009/04/13/video-multi-touch-on-android... > > > Is there any truth in this? > > -- > Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru > Android Engineer, Google. > > Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private > will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further > warning. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
