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Article #976Re: "official" FSF position on apple
From: Jerry Frain
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 01:14
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 01:14
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frain@cis.ksu.edu (Jerry Frain) writes: > dreier@lhasa.berkeley.edu (Roland Dreier) writes: > > So let me get this straight: Apple sued people, claiming their > > copyrights were infringed. This, of course, was evil and perfectly > > valid grounds for a boycott. USL is in the process of suing some > > people, claiming that their copyrights were infringed. Of course, > > this is completely understandable and we shouldn't hold it against > > them. > It is not just why Apple or USL is suing, it is more an issue of > exactly what has been copyrighted. > Apple has copyrighted the "look and feel" of their Macintosh > interface. The GPL does not believe that the "look and feel" of a For some reason, I chose to misuse acronyms, and place GPLs throughout my posting, where LPFs should have been. Sorry for the confusion (time to get some sleep, before I post something else stupid). --Jerry Frain, frain@cis.ksu.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!cis.ksu.edu!frain From: frain@cis.ksu.edu (Jerry Frain) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: "official" FSF position on apple Date: 16 Sep 92 01:14:26 GMT Organization: Kansas State University Lines: 22 Message-ID: <frain.716606159@depot.cis.ksu.edu.cis.ksu.edu> References: <1992Sep14.161420.18763@ists.ists.ca> <DREIER.92Sep14154407@beirut.berkeley.edu> <1992Sep15.005357.14302@kithrup.COM> <DREIER.92Sep15145233@lhasa.berkeley.edu> <frain.716602595@depot.cis.ksu.edu.cis.ksu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: depot.cis.ksu.edu