[SLUG] Software patents

[Stephen O'Neill]

Jonathan Worthington wrote:

> Interesting.  On icons, I guess so long as you don't literally copy 
> them you're OK.  You can get XP-alike icons for use in your own apps 
> from this place, for example:-
> http://www.glyfx.com/toolbarimages.html
> They have done the artwork themselves - they have their own in-house 
> artist(s). 

In the software patent sense are images etc 'data' and not 'code' - 
therefore exempt?

I guess these are questions for the speaker...

Steve