Re: Apple <-> FSF boycott, lifted or not ?

Article View: gnu.misc.discuss

Article #63056

#63056

From: Thomas Aaron Insel
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 05:53

21 lines
1994 bytes

mschmidt@me-tech.PFM-Mainz.DE (Michael Schmidt) writes:

>   In article  <TROMEY.95Mar13224138@kant.klab.caltech.edu>
>               tromey@klab.caltech.edu   (Tom Tromey)
>   wrote:

> [...]
> > The LPF is against interface copyrights and software patents, not
> > copyrights in general. If the issue really is stolen code (and not
> > some user interface problem), then I'd expect the LPF not to take
> > a stand either way.

> Which kind of stolen code are you talking about?

Basically, Apple hired someone to write code to speed QuickTime for
Windows.  Apparently, they then passed the routines on to Intel and
Microsoft.  When Apple asked that they acknowledge the code, they
refused, so Apple sued.
--
Thomas Insel (tinsel@uiuc.edu)
   ok, uiuc pays me, but that doesn't mean this is anyone's opinion but mine.

Technical Details

Message-ID: <3kb850$3if@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!dearn!blekul11!ccsdec1.ufsia.ac.be!reks.uia.ac.be!idefix.CS.kuleuven.ac.be! Belgium.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!tai50080

References:

<niteowl-1303952142510001@rusxppp13.rus.uni-stuttgart.de>  <TROMEY.95Mar13212129@kant.klab.caltech.edu>  <3k3acr$a5n@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>  <TROMEY.95Mar13224138@kant.klab.caltech.edu> <5hv-BeMrNgB@me-tech.PFM-Mainz.DE>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 104fad,6b37283b8ff5b179
X-Google-Attributes: gid104fad,public
X-Google-Thread: 10e5bc,6b37283b8ff5b179
X-Google-Attributes: gid10e5bc,public
X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,6b37283b8ff5b179
X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-17 16:54:00 PST
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!dearn!blekul11!ccsdec1.ufsia.ac.be!reks.uia.ac.be!idefix.CS.kuleuven.ac.be! Belgium.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!tai50080
From: tinsel@uiuc.edu (Thomas Aaron Insel)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.aux,de.comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple <-> FSF boycott, lifted or not ?
Date: 17 Mar 1995 05:53:36 GMT
Organization: Defenestrating Illini, Urbana Illinois
Lines: 21
Message-ID: <3kb850$3if@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>
References: <niteowl-1303952142510001@rusxppp13.rus.uni-stuttgart.de>  <TROMEY.95Mar13212129@kant.klab.caltech.edu>  <3k3acr$a5n@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>  <TROMEY.95Mar13224138@kant.klab.caltech.edu> <5hv-BeMrNgB@me-tech.PFM-Mainz.DE>
Reply-To: tinsel@uiuc.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Originator: tai50080@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

Reply to Parent Message