ra_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu (06/10/89)
In article <2306@internal.Apple.COM>, casseres@apple.com (David Casseres) writes... >I'm distressed by the assumption people are making -- that the Mac ROM >sources were deliberately leaked to nuPrometheus by someone at Apple. I >know nuPrometheus' letter kind of makes it sound that way, but so what? [...] Good point; let's hope it's not someone at Apple. In either case it would sound like they didn't guard the sources safely enough: either someone from outside got ahold of them, or someone at Apple who had access felt they could get away with it. But like you said, who knows? One thing I think is a bit odd: the pirates say they're doing this to help people make "legal" copies of the Mac. Although (as The Analysts are saying) viewing Mac code might make it easier to clone, I would think that it would make it immeasureably harder legally: anytime a clone comes along, the CloneMakers will bear the additional burden of proving that they didn't use any of the source. In any case, these folks -- whether they're inside or outside Apple -- are weenies. Robert ------ ra_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu ------ generic disclaimer: all my opinions are mine