OLPC being sued for copying Nigerian keyboard

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Whuh oh. There’s something called the Konyin keyboard that basically has a second shift key function which allows its typist to use the different letters and symbols of Latin-based alphabets from around the world.

The company that developed the Konyin keyboard, Lagos Analysis of Nigeria, is now claiming that Nicholas Negroponte and the OLPC project bought a pair of the keyboards "with the express purpose of illegally reverse engineering the source codes" in order to develop a similar keyboard for the OLPC XO laptops.

That’s a pretty bold claim and, if true, could spell even more trouble for the project.

Natick-Nigerian firm sues Cambridge-based One Laptop Per Child [Cambridge Chronicle]

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JJ (Who am I?)

The same company also has funds from a rich estate, that if you provide them with your bank account number they will deposit the 3.2 million in US dollars and only request 25% for their findings.

 
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Guest (Who am I?)

No programer needs to reverse engineer a keyboard - its too simple - to just look at the layout is enough. Now can a layout be patented ? It would be great I just file a patent on the US-keyboard and sue anyone using it. Or wait why don’t I file all layouts.

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