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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Official Legal Announcement regarding Apple's Source Code
Message-ID: <1989Jun19.175611.1956@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 89 17:56:11 GMT

In article <736@rwing.UUCP> pat@rwing.UUCP (Pat Myrto) writes:
>... postings like the
>recent legal threat only supports that reputation.

One should remember that Apple may have felt constrained in what they could
say.  As I understand it, the courts have quite consistently held that if
you want your copyright or trademark to be preserved, you have to make an
effort to enforce it when infringements occur.  That means snarling and
threatening, not just saying "hey, that's not nice".

(I share the widely-held low opinion of Apple, on the whole, but I don't
think it is fair to blame them for the nasty tone of the threat -- they
probably felt they had no choice.)
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