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In article <1992Dec17.012658.11627@u.washington.edu>, tzs@carson.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes:
> 
> So why did Apple pay off the guy who claimed Hypercard infringed his
> patent rather than just litigate his tiny company out of existence?

Pay off ??? You're either kidding or you don't follow the discussion
on software patents.

Read the article of this guy in the CACM (`Debunking the Myth of
Software Patents'), where he tells you in his introduction about the
behaviour of Apple.
    Btw, the most funny thing in this article is that this guy was
_not_ able to enforce his patent, that he is now to shy to suit
(obviously because he fears the `quality' of Apple's lawyers), and
that he still defends software patents. Oh yes, of course you might
like this article: He rails about RMS being a marxistic fool.
    As my grandmother used to say: There are folks who'll learn never...

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Joachim