Re: Illogic and Apple

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From: John Clark
Date: Thu, 09 May 1991 18:20

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In article <1991May8.184225.11918@visix.com> amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) writes:
+The GNU position works by evading the problem: simply remove property
+rights to software.  Now, this actually can work for common (shared)
+resources.  General purpose programming tools are a good example, and
+GNU Emacs and GCC are wonderful success stories.  The more power to

One wonders if Apple has created a 'visual' language and thereby
created a 'general' tool. As a language the UI becomse a shared
tool.

However, it is also clear to me that if the GNU project wants to
preempt some future copyright situation regarding a graphica UI,
then it should produce something now and thereby have prior art and
distribute it widely as a language, which I have heard is not
copyright-able. Informed readers may point out the error in that
thought.
-- 

John Clark
jclark@ucsd.edu

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