Does GNUstep infringe on Apple's Intellectual Property?

[John Anderson]

	So, I am sorry to have to ask this question but given the SCO / Linux 
debacle, it is repeatedly common up in my head.  I know that there are 
lot of good people working very hard on GNUstep, so please do not get 
pissed off.  It is just that this question is not addressed on the 
GNUstep website, but rather prompted by it.  Furthermore, I am 
relatively new to programming professionally and I have been unable to 
find any detailed information on what exactly went down between Apple 
and Yellowbox.

	To the extent that my future is increasing being tied to Cocoa/OS X, I 
need to evaluate my other options.  I am asking myself, what is my 
"Plan B."  For example, I might decide to invest a lot of time and 
money into "porting" my Cocoa applications to GNUstep to run them on 
IBM Power5/6 systems.  Am I going to have to worry that Apple has solid 
legal ground to kill GNUstep at will?  Or does GNUstep have some kind 
of a license from Apple?  I mean, it appears clear to me that GNUstep 
is a derivative work that must violate Apple's copyrights on OpenStep 
and Cocoa.

Truly yours,
John Anderson
Detroit.