Apple's "pinch and zoom" patent rejected

Hmm.

There was a discussion over here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4945181

The discussion is still there, but the submission is dead. No idea why. The initial comment is excellent:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4945449

The story has also been broken from other sources:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4946026 (groklaw.net)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4945174 (slate.com)