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In article <ccurtis.808764935@ee.fit.edu>,
Christopher W. Curtis <ccurtis@ee.fit.edu> wrote:

>>MS didn't even write that particular hunk of code.  Canyon did.  Canyon 
>>sold it to MS.  If anyone is in trouble, it may be Canyon.  However, I 

>Hold on ... are you saying that if someone steals $100k from a bank and
>"donates" it to me, that I'm not going to be held at all liable for the
>money I was given?  According to the law, purchasing stolen goods is as
>illegal as stealing them yourself.

First things first, donation is not the same as purchase. . .

Now, to the argument at hand:  Apple has tried to sue people before for 
stuff that they didn't own: remember the "look-and-feel" lawsuits of the 
mid-80's ????

Methinks that if Canyon wrote the code, Apple had best look at its' 
agreement with Canyon FIRST: Canyon may well have sold Apple rights to 
USE the code, but maintained ownership and control of the code. . . 

Mind you, the lawyers will have to settle the whole mess. . .



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