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Article #73034Re: LPF boycott of Apple (comments & quotes from RMS interview)
From: Adam J Richter
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1991 23:53
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1991 23:53
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In article <1991Nov4.221237.914@alphalpha.com> nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) writes: >There certainly doesn't seem to >be much effort in this direction in GNU software. The only mentions I see >of it are cop-out statements to the effect that you can't do it because >Apple would sue. That's nonsense, as Amanda has pointed out. I believe that Kee Hinckley is referring to the claim that some people on the net have expressed that Apple will lose the right to sue for copyright infringement if they don't send the alleged infringer a demand letter within X number of days of the software being released. I'd appreciate it if one of the people who were making arguments along these lines would tell me where they learned about this principle. I've heard of something analogous for patents, but not for copyrights. Adam J. Richter adam@soda.berkeley.edu 409 Evelyn Avenue, Apt. 312 ....!ucbvax!soda!adam Albany, CA 94706 (510)528-3209
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,8da4c16bb61bb98b X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-11-07 16:20:40 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!zeus.ieee.org!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!agate!soda.berkeley.edu!adam From: adam@soda.berkeley.edu (Adam J Richter) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: LPF boycott of Apple (comments & quotes from RMS interview) Message-ID: <khjkfaINN20o@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 7 Nov 91 23:53:14 GMT References: <1991Nov01.145916.6481@donau.et.tudelft.nl> <1991Nov4.052817.14034@wpi.WPI.EDU> <1991Nov4.221237.914@alphalpha.com> Organization: cc Lines: 19 NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu