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From: lalonde@nicmad.UUCP (John Lalonde)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Apple Lawsuit (was BOYCOTT APPLE, etc.)
Message-ID: <2582@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: 13 Apr 88 23:20:22 GMT
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Reply-To: lalonde@nicmad.UUCP (John Lalonde)
Organization: Nicolet Instrument Corp.  Madison, WI
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In article <21571@bu-cs.BU.EDU> madd@bu-it.bu.edu (Jim Frost) writes:
>
>Apple *did* license it from Xerox.  The exact amount they paid and the
>terms of the license are beyond me, but there was an agreement between
>them.
>
>Apple may or may not have a good case, but they licensed the original
>and spent quite a lot making it even better.

According to news reports the *only* thing Apple licensed from Xerox was
Smalltalk. A Xerox spokesperson indicated that *no* other licenses were granted
to Apple. The news report concerning the Xerox spokesperson was in Electronic
News about two weeks ago.

It would be interesting if Apple has been intentionaly vague about their
license with Xerox if it was only for Smalltalk.


-- 
John LaLonde
Systems Engineering Group
Nicolet Instrument Corporation
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