Not sure if they patented it. That should be impossible, and if it did happen it'd be quite easy for the f.lux developers to get it revoked. If that'd happend the place where they patented it prob made a "mistake" while figuring out if something similliar already excisted.
If you are interested in this subject read some books about intellectual property, it's not that hard. Company's just seek the limit all the time.
A nice example is that bouncy thingy on the iphone when you zoom in to the max on a photo and then try to zoom in even more. Steve Jobs presented it (by accident?) when the iphone 3 or 4 got released. But he did that BEFORE they patented it. As a result apple could not do it anymore.
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u/eddimurpi Mar 06 '17 edited Mar 06 '17
Not sure if they patented it. That should be impossible, and if it did happen it'd be quite easy for the f.lux developers to get it revoked. If that'd happend the place where they patented it prob made a "mistake" while figuring out if something similliar already excisted.
If you are interested in this subject read some books about intellectual property, it's not that hard. Company's just seek the limit all the time.
A nice example is that bouncy thingy on the iphone when you zoom in to the max on a photo and then try to zoom in even more. Steve Jobs presented it (by accident?) when the iphone 3 or 4 got released. But he did that BEFORE they patented it. As a result apple could not do it anymore.