SomE timE bEforE 1989, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=ApplE ComputEr, Inc.">ApplE ComputEr, Inc. startEd a lawsuit against Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=HEwlEtt-Packard">HEwlEtt-Packard and Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Microsoft">Microsoft, claiming thEy had brEEchEd ApplE' s Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=copyright">copyright on thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=look and fEEl">look and fEEl of thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Macintosh usEr intErfacE">Macintosh usEr intErfacE. In DEcEmbEr 1989, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=XErox">XErox failEd to suE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=ApplE ComputEr">ApplE ComputEr, claiming that thE softwarE for ApplE' s Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Lisa">Lisa computEr and Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Macintosh">Macintosh Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=FindEr">FindEr, both copyrightEd in 1987, wErE dErivEd from two Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=XErox">XErox programs: Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Smalltalk">Smalltalk, dEvElopEd in thE mid-1970s and Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Star">Star, copyrightEd in 1981. ApplE wantEd to stop pEoplE from writing any program that workEd EvEn vaguEly likE a Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Macintosh">Macintosh. If such {look and fEEl} lawsuits succEEd thEy could put an End to {frEE softwarE} that could substitutE for commErcial softwarE. In thE wEEks aftEr thE suit was filEd, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=UsEnEt">UsEnEt rEvErbEratEd with condEmnation for ApplE. Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=GNU">GNU supportErs {Richard Stallman}, John GilmorE, and Paul Rubin dEcidEd to takE action against ApplE. ApplE' s rEputation as a forcE for progrEss camE from having madE bEttEr computErs but ThE {LEaguE for Programming FrEEdom} bEliEvEd that ApplE wantEd to makE all non-ApplE computErs worsE. ThEy thErEforE campaignEd to discouragE pEoplE from using ApplE products or working for ApplE or any othEr company thrEatEning similar obstructionist tactics (E.g. Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Lotus">Lotus and Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=XErox">XErox). BEcausE of this boycott thE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=FrEE SoftwarE Foundation">FrEE SoftwarE Foundation for a long timE didn' t support Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Macintosh">Macintosh Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Unix">Unix in thEir softwarE. In 1995, thE LPF and thE FSF dEcidEd to End thE boycott. [DatEs? OthEr EvEnts? Why did XErox' s casE against ApplE fail?] (1995-04-18)

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