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From: demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo)
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Subject: re: writing to Apple about MacCartridge
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Date: Tue, 8-Apr-86 23:39:08 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  8 23:39:08 1986
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A question about MacCartridge:

   Did I miss something? Why should *anyone* care about Apple's approval?
If the thing was made *wothout* any Apple software or hardware, what
legal claim do they have to prevent this fellow from selling them? 

There's a thousand-and-one IBM PC/XT clones on the market, as well as
a hundred-and-one UNIX look-alike systems, as well as...

Apple tried to stop distribution of GEMDOS, and they lost...and they
should have, look-alikes and compatable components are *not* copyright
infrigements...at least not the last time I looked....


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