Re: Does GNUstep infringe on Apple's Intellectual Property?

[Gregory John Casamento]

Tima/John,

See below...

--- Tima Vaisburd <tima@frys.com> wrote:
> 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?

That's absolutely correct.

Later, GJC

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