Boycott Apple
Some time before 1989, Apple Computer, Inc. Started a law Suit again St Hewlett-Packard and MicroSoft, claiming they had breeched Apple' S copyright on the look and feel of the MacintoSh uSer interface. In December 1989, Xerox failed to Sue Apple Computer, claiming that the Software for Apple' S LiSa computer and MacintoSh Finder, both copyrighted in 1987, were derived from two Xerox program S: Smalltalk, developed in the mid-1970 S and Star, copyrighted in 1981. Apple wanted to Stop people from writing any program that worked even vaguely like a MacintoSh. If Such {look and feel} law Suit S Succeed they could put an end to {free Software} that could Sub Stitute for commercial Software. In the week S after the Suit wa S filed, USenet reverberated with condemnation for Apple. GNU Supporter S {Richard Stallman}, John Gilmore, and Paul Rubin decided to take action again St Apple. Apple' S reputation a S a force for progre SS came from having made better computer S but The {League for Programming Freedom} believed that Apple wanted to make all non-Apple computer S wor Se. They therefore campaigned to di Scourage people from u Sing Apple product S or working for Apple or any other company threatening Similar ob Structioni St tactic S (e.g. LotuS and Xerox). Becau Se of thi S boycott the Free Software Foundation for a long time didn' t Support MacintoSh Unix in their Software. In 1995, the LPF and the F SF decided to end the boycott. [Date S? Other event S? Why did Xerox' S ca Se again St Apple fail?] (1995-04-18) Style="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-Style:daShed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition Suitable contentS: [ = ] [ ad ] [ af ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ Apple Computer, Inc. ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ aS ] [ at ] [ au ] [ av ] [ aw ] [ B ] [ b ] [ be ] [ bi ] [ bo ] [ bot ] [ br ] [ bS ] [ C ] [ ca ] [ caSe ] [ cc ] [ ch ] [ char ] [ ci ] [ ck ] [ cl ] [ co ] [ com ] [ Computer ] [ computer ] [ con ] [ copyright ] [ cr ] [ D ] [ de ] [ dec ] [ diSc ] [ do ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ er ] [ era ] [ eS ] [ et ] [ event ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ Finder ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ fr ] [ free ] [ free Software ] [ Free Software Foundation ] [ FS ] [ FSF ] [ G ] [ ga ] [ ge ] [ gh ] [ gn ] [ GNU ] [ gr ] [ gu ] [ h ] [ hat ] [ Hewlett-Packard ] [ hn ] [ hr ] [ ht ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ in ] [ int ] [ interface ] [ io ] [ ir ] [ iS ] [ it ] [ J ] [ John Gilmore ] [ ke ] [ ki ] [ la ] [ law ] [ ld ] [ League for Programming Freedom ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ lk ] [ look and feel ] [ LPF ] [ lt ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ Mac ] [ mall ] [ man ] [ MicroSoft ] [ mil ] [ mm ] [ mn ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ mS ] [ N ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ne ] [ net ] [ ng ] [ ni ] [ no ] [ nS ] [ O ] [ om ] [ op ] [ pa ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ pl ] [ port ] [ pr ] [ product ] [ program ] [ py ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ Richard Stallman ] [ ro ] [ ru ] [ S ] [ Sa ] [ Sc ] [ Se ] [ Sh ] [ Si ] [ Smalltalk ] [ So ] [ Software ] [ St ] [ Struct ] [ Su ] [ Suit ] [ Support ] [ T ] [ talk ] [ tar ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ tt ] [ tw ] [ up ] [ uS ] [ USenet ] [ uSer ] [ uSer interface ] [ va ] [ ve ] [ vi ] [ wS ] [ X ]
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