Hypercard is CopyLeft

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From: umh
Date: Fri, 03 May 1991 03:38

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In article <JON.91May2092418@choctaw.b23b.ingr.com>,
jon@choctaw.b23b.ingr.com (Jon Stone) writes: 
> In article <EMV.91May2001402@poe.aa.ox.com> emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti) writes:
> 
>    people who are going to assert that "person x owns algorthm y" had best
>    back up their assertions with patent #'s and court cases, not just say
>    "please don't follow this up and don't use the software".  
> 
>    (copied in from comp.windows.x)
> 
>    --Ed
> 
>    In article <3828@motcsd.csd.mot.com> lance@motcsd.csd.mot.com (lance.norskog) writes:
> 
>       Paul Heckel has a patent on the card user interface for hypertext
>       systems.  He has defended it succesfully against Apple, and is
>       going after IBM.
> 
>       Does Viola infringe on this patent?
> 
> 
> I agree.  What about Apple?  Isn't hypercard still being sold with
> systems?  Or is the royalties Apple (might be) paying the sole reason
> for the sky-high prices on Macs?
> 
> Jon

Just for the record, when Bill Atkinson came up with HyperCard, he allowed
Apple to distribute it on the express condition that it be free etc- just like
CopyLeft.

Maynard Handley

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