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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: NEC V20 ---> 8088
Message-ID: <5970@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Sep-85 19:09:18 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 16 19:09:18 1985
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> NEC has been producing 8088 CPUs for some time now - AND THEY DO NOT
> HAVE A LICENSE FROM INTEL TO DO SO (At least the last time I checked).
> Downright illegal...

Nonsense.  It's no more illegal than Toyota building cars without getting
permission from Ford.  Intel has no property rights in what an 8088 looks
like to the outside world, unless there are patents involved (which I doubt).
Nor do they have any property rights in the name "8088".  The legal squabble
is over whether copying the *insides* is legitimate.  You don't need to copy
the insides of the Intel 8088 to build an 8088.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
				{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry


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