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Re: Legal issue with classes within Cocoa but not in OPENSTEP ?
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Gregory Casamento |
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Re: Legal issue with classes within Cocoa but not in OPENSTEP ? |
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Sun, 6 Apr 2003 11:30:38 -0700 (PDT) |
Jeff,
--- Jeff Teunissen <deek@d2dc.net> wrote:
> Gregory Casamento wrote:
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> [snip]
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> > APIs, in general, cannot be copyrighted. For example, I could start
> > working on a clone of the Windows API tomorrow and MS couldn't do a
> > thing about it (see the Wine project for an example of this). The same
> > goes for Apple's Cocoa API. The code which *implements* those APIs can
> > be copyrighted, though. Apple's specific implementation of Cocoa is
> > copyrighted by Apple, of course.
>
> Patents could allow MS or Apple to squash API competition. NSToolbar is
> probably safe, but NSDrawer may not be (and sheets are right out -- they
> are patented for sure).
Yes, patents are one defense which can be used. That's why people should do
all they can to protest patents on software.
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GJC
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Gregory John Casamento
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