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- 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
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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
-