The "look & feel" lawsuits

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From: Conway Yee
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 1991 21:01

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I've got a question about the "look & feel" lawsuits.  Let's say for
the sake of argument that when all the smoke clears, these copyrights
are held to be legal.  When the GNU project finishes, there will be
a freely redistributable UNIX system available.  Could AT&T sue on the
basis that GNU copied the "look & feel" of AT&T UNIX thus preventing
it from being distributed?

					Conway Yee, N2JWQ
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