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From: childers@avsd.UUCP (Richard Childers)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc
Subject: Re: Apple vs. FSF (THE BOYCOTT IS A FAILURE)
Message-ID: <1262@avsd.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jun 89 19:07:21 GMT
References: <1Rd512#2N2hXM=pst@anise.acc.com> <1Rd92D#3CBSgm=pst@anise.acc.com>
Reply-To: childers@avsd.UUCP (Richard Childers)
Organization: Metaprogrammers International
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pst@anise.acc.com (Paul Traina) writes:

>The only people you hurt are those who would most benefit from the existance
>of the FSF.  The boycott hurts our peers not Apple.  What we need to do is get
>amnius-curie (friend-of-the-court, and I know I didn't spell it correctly)
>status in the court battle.  We have to convince the judge that there is no
>such thing as a look-and-feel copyright.  This will set legal precedent.

This is an excellent idea, and I second it.

I'm not a member of the FSF - although I've acquired and / or installed some
of the software they've generated for various sites - but I do have some ideas
as to how to influence the legal system, and this is an excellent tactic.

I would be willing to contribute to any sort of legal defense fund set up to
facilitate this coming about in a timely manner, provided that its existence
was announced via netnews, so that I would be likely to see it in a timely
manner.

-- richard

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