Re: Question about Cocoa/Gnustep

[Alex Perez]

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> The answer to your question is that GNUstep is legally free to implement any
> and all APIs published by Apple just as other projects (FreeDOS and Wine, et
> al.) are free to implement any and all APIs published by the respective
> companies whose operating systems they are cloning, even though such APIs were
> never published as an 'open' specification.

While this is true, the only place where exceptions arise is when you
start looking at *DESIGN* patents. Apple holds design patents on Drawers
(NSDrawer) (although, after having read the patent, it seems that it only
applies to drawers which appear at the *bottom* of windows, but IANAL),
NSSheets, the iTunes user interface, and a few other equally dumb and
retarded things.