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Article #1132Re: DRI agrees to change GEM
From: LocklearLB
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1985 20:49
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1985 20:49
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>There is an article in the 10/1 issue of the San Jose Mecury News with the
>announcement that DRI has agreed to (effective 11/15) stop supporting the
>current version of GEM and to ship a modified version to avoid charges of
>copyright violations of Apple's software. Apple has claimed that GEM copied
>"The look and feel" or its Macintosh software and violated Apple's
>copyright. GEM uses, among other things, windowns, drop-down menus, and
>icons that substantially resemble the Mac.
>
>--
>:From under the bar at Callahan's: Chuq Von Rospach
>nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA {decwrl,hplabs,ihnp4,pyramid}!nsc!chuqui
Is this for real????!!!!!??? How in the world can Apple claim to have a
copyright on the "look and feel" of its Macintosh software when it is such a
close copy of work done at Xerox Parc?
I don't have any legal expertise, but it looks like Apple doesn't have a leg
to stand on. I hope that someone with some legal knowledge will comment on
this because I don't see how Apple can get away with it.
Barry Locklear
AT&T Information Systems Labs
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 7/26/84) 6/24/83; site druhi.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!drutx!druhi!lbl From: lbl@druhi.UUCP (LocklearLB) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari,net.micro.mac Subject: Re: DRI agrees to change GEM Message-ID: <87@druhi.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 16:49:00 EDT Article-I.D.: druhi.87 Posted: Wed Oct 2 16:49:00 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Oct-85 06:23:41 EDT References: <3208@nsc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 23