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Re: Apple postings return to comp.archives

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From: Gregory G. Woodbury
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 04:30
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<16d3icINN1s2@agate.berkeley.edu> adam@soda.berkeley.edu (Adam J Richter) sez:
>
>	On Friday, August 7th, Apple Computer lost its "look and feel"
>lawsuit against Microsoft.  The judge rejected the basic concept of
>a "look and feel" test for software copyright infringement and made
>many other important rulings which were good news for our freedom to
>write software.
>
>	As far as I can tell, funding Apple no longer seriously
>jeopardizes my basic freedoms.  Therefore, assuming that Apple does
>not appeal, I will begin scanning the Apple newsgroups and forwarding
>the Apple postings to comp.archives.

It was inappropriate to exclude them for political reasons in the first
place.  Will you now exclude items intended for operation on AT&T or USL
UNIX systems?
-- 
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Subject: Re: Apple postings return to comp.archives
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