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Re:Everyone seems to forget why GNOME and GNOME 3 and Unity ... by lproven on Thursday July 28, 2022 @06:05AM (#32262446)
I wrote the article. The legal threats I cited were not and are not a fabrication.

I did not write these other articles covering it:

https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007...

https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/05/15/microsoft-says-linux-...

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2566211/study--linux-m...

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Re:Everyone seems to forget why GNOME and GNOME 3 and Unity ... by ndhlms on Thursday July 28, 2022 @06:13PM (#32270695)
The problem is you're still failing to demonstrate a causal link between threats of legal action and GNOME3 or Unity.

I was around during this time and early adopter of GNOME Shell (i.e. 2.31.x); there was and is zero evidence indicating that legal issues were even a consideration.

There is, on the other hand, mountain ranges of evidence indicating this was driven by everything but legal issues[1][2][3].

[1]: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/FAQ#What_problems...

[2]: http://wingolog.org/archives/2008/06/07/gnome-in-the-age-of-...

[3]: https://wiki.gnome.org/Events/Summit/2008/GUIHackfest

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