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From: chase@Ozona.orc.olivetti.com (David Chase)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc
Subject: Re: GNU's not GNU...
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Date: 28 Mar 89 18:58:11 GMT
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In article <2963@kalliope.rice.edu> dboyes@titan.rice.edu (David Boyes) writes:
>In article <878@itivax.iti.org> scs@vax3.iti.org (Steve Simmons) writes:
>>
>>  DEC, IBM, and others regularly sue
>>over 'intellectual property' rights.  What makes Apple particularly evil?
>
>Because DEC and IBM sue over substantial duplication of code or
>concept stemming from exposure to a product, not some nebulous
>appearance-oriented concept like "look and feel".

It just occurred to me that it might be interesting to ask all the
people on the "Contributors to GNU CC" list about any software-related
litigation that *they* may have been involved in, which side they were
on, and what the reasons for bringing the suit were.  I'll bet you can
find at least one whose suit was entirely a "squash the competition so
that we can continue to make money" suit.  I can't see what makes
Apple so especially evil in this regard.

David