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Re: Does GNUstep infringe on Apple's Intellectual Property?
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Tima Vaisburd |
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Re: Does GNUstep infringe on Apple's Intellectual Property? |
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Sun, 24 Aug 2003 19:34:39 -0700 |
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On Sunday 24 August 2003 17:13, John Anderson wrote:
> I mean, it appears clear to me that GNUstep is a derivative work
> that must violate Apple's copyrights on OpenStep and Cocoa.
I presume that GNUstep is an independent, from-scratch implementation
of the OpenStep API that has been published as open API, i.e.
anybody can write it's own implementation.
Thus, GNUstep is not an Apple derivative work at all
and violates no Apple copyright whatsoever.
Is this correct?
Tima.