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From: han@apple.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: System Finder license and Apple Bashing
Message-ID: <931@apple.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 4-Jun-87 16:51:07 EDT
Article-I.D.: apple.931
Posted: Thu Jun  4 16:51:07 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 6-Jun-87 10:59:39 EDT
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, USA
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Keywords: System, Finder, Apple Bashing

The discussion about Apple's requirement that companies licensing
and distributing the System and Finder has happened many times before.

Apple is not interesting in being nit-picky and looking over every user's
shoulder to see if he or she is using a licensed copy of the system and
finder with the application it was distributed with.

We are interested in protecting ourselves from litigation which may arise
from someone who has some unfortunate incident and wants to get lots
and lots of money via a lawsuit for something really beyond our control.

I personally really resent Apple bashing (I am, after all, partial to them
being an employee of theirs).  We really care about the users of our
products and to insinuate that we are out to screw people over is 
simply uncalled for.  

Maybe you want all software to be distributed without System and Finder's???

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Byron Han
Apple Computer Inc.
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