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Article #43680Re: Macintosh ROM Sources
From: ra_robert
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 1989 18:51
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 1989 18:51
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In article <2306@internal.Apple.COM>, casseres@apple.com (David Casseres) writes... >I'm distressed by the assumption people are making -- that the Mac ROM >sources were deliberately leaked to nuPrometheus by someone at Apple. I >know nuPrometheus' letter kind of makes it sound that way, but so what? [...] Good point; let's hope it's not someone at Apple. In either case it would sound like they didn't guard the sources safely enough: either someone from outside got ahold of them, or someone at Apple who had access felt they could get away with it. But like you said, who knows? One thing I think is a bit odd: the pirates say they're doing this to help people make "legal" copies of the Mac. Although (as The Analysts are saying) viewing Mac code might make it easier to clone, I would think that it would make it immeasureably harder legally: anytime a clone comes along, the CloneMakers will bear the additional burden of proving that they didn't use any of the source. In any case, these folks -- whether they're inside or outside Apple -- are weenies. Robert ------ ra_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu ------ generic disclaimer: all my opinions are mine
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!ncar!tank!ra_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu From: ra_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Macintosh ROM Sources Message-ID: <3759@tank.uchicago.edu> Date: 9 Jun 89 18:51:45 GMT Sender: news@tank.uchicago.edu Distribution: usa Organization: University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Lines: 28