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popper · 25-01-2008, 18:48

OC the antiquated and STB CPU cycle sapping VM liberate middleware GUI works by using a very old and limited subset of html code, so is it really a cripped web browser and so not covered by these patents? (ignoring the fact you cant AFAIK patent software in the UK OC), question questions, we need answers it seems, and a good base for our future long term VM GUIs.

25-01-2008, 18:48	#8
popper Inactive Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,270	Re: Gemstar sues Virgin Media over EPG patents OC the antiquated and STB CPU cycle sapping VM liberate middleware GUI works by using a very old and limited subset of html code, so is it really a cripped web browser and so not covered by these patents? (ignoring the fact you cant AFAIK patent software in the UK OC), question questions, we need answers it seems, and a good base for our future long term VM GUIs.