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Spoiler: GNOME wins

Btw their GNOME Theme manager is here

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[-] meliante@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Even if it did exist Microsoft would be obligated to litigate with kde/gnome use of it.

[-] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, I meant it’s unlikely Microsoft would try to sue Gnome or KDE for it, because they’d likely lose the patent

[-] meliante@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah but my understanding is if they have a patent or the copyright or whatever it is, if they do not go after any single possible infringement, they're potentially throwing away those rights at a later time. At least that's how I understand it works in the USA at least?

[-] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I believe you’re thinking of trademarks

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