Re: LPF boycott of Apple (comments & quotes from RMS interview)

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From: Scott Schwartz
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1991 03:27

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huntley@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Haydn Huntley) writes:
| The argument I've heard from
| many people is something like this, "Apple is trying to unfairly
| monopolize all of the good GUI's and keep everyone else from competing
| with them, and Apple is suing their competitors."

Ever read the legal notice on the inside front cover of Sun's OPEN
LOOK style guide?  To paraphrase, it says: "We have a licence from
Xerox, so no one can sue us.  Also, patent pending."  Pretty sobering.

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