SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (04/05/88)
Leonard Erickson <tektronix!reed!psu-cs!qiclab!leonard@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> writes: >Remember, HP *tried* to get a license. If I understand Apple's court papers (with documents written by lawyers one can never tell - recall Shakespeare's presciption for the cure of social ills "Kill all the lawyers."), Apple's problem is not with New Wave per se. New Wave is a licensed derivative of Windows 2.03; hence, if Windows 2.03 is found to be in violation of Apple's copyright it follows (doesn't it?) that any licensed derivative also must be in violation (regardless of how it is made to appear in default? That part at least, is curious). I did actually have occassion today to ask a legal scholar about the suit. He allowed as how his specialty is NOT copyright, but he has a Macintosh and a friend who showed him Windows. His reaction (impression, gut feel, etc.) was "Wow, Windows is a flat out copy of the Macintosh interface!!" He reminded me of how I felt when I first saw a copy of Print Master (a flat out copy of Print Shop - and we all know where that's led to). --------------------- Disclaimer: I like my opinions better than my employer's anyway... (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited) ARPA: sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu Murphy A. Sewall BITNET: SEWALL@UCONNVM School of Business Admin. UUCP: ...ihnp4!psuvax1!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL University of Connecticut