From: kenner@lab.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner)
Subject: Re: GNAT for Mac?
Date: 24 Nov 1994 11:35:47 GMT
Date: 1994-11-24T11:35:47+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3b1tqj$h5@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3b1gjk$hip@newsbf01.news.aol.com
In article <3b1gjk$hip@newsbf01.news.aol.com> ronalds60@aol.com (RonaldS60) writes:
>I don't know if FSF still has their "look and feel" boycott in
>place. If they do and haven't boycotted MicroSoft then they are
>being arbitrary (sounds better than hypocritical) since MS
>"hinted" to the COSE people that any violation of the Windows'
>look and feel (under CDE) would have the MS Legal department
>looking for court dates.
Microsoft may have "hinted", but Apple actually sued. There's a big
difference between those two actions!
For the record, the boycott was called by the LPF, which is a separate
organization from the FSF; the FSF was merely supporting the boycott.
However, I've been told that the LPF board recently voted to drop the
boycott; I don't know any further details.
The original concern with Apple, of course, was that if "look and
feel" copyrights are valid, then free software is impossible.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1994-11-24 11:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1994-11-16 23:28 GNAT for Mac? Francesco Stiffoni
1994-11-18 14:13 ` Gene McCulley
1994-11-18 17:56 ` Laurent Gasser
1994-11-19 17:07 ` Robert Dewar
1994-11-20 22:05 ` Stan Shebs
1994-11-24 7:50 ` RonaldS60
1994-11-24 11:35 ` Richard Kenner [this message]
1994-11-28 16:00 ` Arthur Evans Jr
1994-11-21 18:13 ` Laurent Gasser
1994-11-19 7:15 ` Robert Dewar
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