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In article <SWANSONC.91May13160732@grendel1.acc.stolaf.edu> swansonc@acc.stolaf.edu (Chris Swanson) writes:
>The reason that the FSF is boycotting Apple (at least in my
>understanding of the subject) is not so much that they are suing to
>keep the look and feel of their interface "proprietary" as it is that
>they are suing over "look and feel" in general.  If they get away with
>it, it sets a legal precedent that could be quite damaging down the
>road.  Let's face it, precedent makes the US court system go 'round.

Also "look and feel" go beyond GUIs and extend down to any type of
command interface. That is why they are also boycotting Lotus among
others. Not just key bindings either, what would have happened if AT&T
copyrighted the commandline parameters to all of the UNIX utilities...


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