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Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!parc!biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!library.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!chorizo!djwalton
From: djwalton@chorizo.engr.ucdavis.edu (David J Walton)
Subject: Re: Oh have you heard?
Message-ID: <djwalton.775516906@chorizo>
Sender: usenet@ucdavis.edu (News Guru)
Organization: University of California, Davis
References: <12a.16952.1898@compudata.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 21:21:46 GMT
Lines: 23
rich.heimlich@compudata.com (Rich Heimlich) writes:
>-> On Monday id settled in the suit filed against them by Apple
>-> Computer. It seems that when it became clear that Doom was a success,
>-> Apple claimed patent infringement on the grounds that the exploding
>-> barrel sequence was based
>-> on their "bulging trash can" icon. id paid Apple an undisclosed
>-> amount, and agreed not to put exploding barrels in Doom II.
>Things like this make me ashamed to be associated with this industry. I
>have a bulging trash can in my garage. I better get rid of it before
>their attorneys give me a call. What a bunch of bullsh*t.
Y'know, it really is amazing how many people have bought this
absurd little story...
Dave
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