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From: bchurch@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bob Church)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: New Apple II generation
Message-ID: <2561@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU>
Date: 20 Nov 90 02:14:08 GMT
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In article <1990Nov20.012810.24936@nntp-server.caltech.edu> toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>ST102272@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (Apple Defender) writes:
>
>>Would it be possible to create a machine (like the IIGS) without too many
>>legal complications (no copyright/patent law suits)?
>
>It would be possible, the question is whether or not you have the resources to
>go to the trouble of figuring out all the things that Apple did. Too many


I know this is nitpicking but I couldn't help it. There were some copyright
battles fought over micro-code in which the defence was that the defendant
had not seen the existing code. I think that "figuring out all the things
that Apple did" would in itself put you in a bad position legally. 

bob church
bchurch.oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu