Boycott Apple
Som e tim e b efor e 1989, ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Apple Computer, Inc.">Apple Computer, Inc. start ed 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 th ey had br eech ed Appl e' s ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=copyright">copyright on th e ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=look and feel">look and feel of th e ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Macintosh user interface">Macintosh user interface. In D ec emb er 1989, ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Xerox">Xerox fail ed to su e ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Apple Computer">Apple Computer, claiming that th e softwar e for Appl e' s ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Lisa">Lisa comput er 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 copyright ed in 1987, w er e d eriv ed 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, d ev elop ed in th e mid-1970s and ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Star">Star, copyright ed in 1981. Appl e want ed to stop p eopl e from writing any program that work ed ev en vagu ely lik e a ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Macintosh">Macintosh. If such {look and f eel} lawsuits succ eed th ey could put an end to {fr ee softwar e} that could substitut e for comm ercial softwar e. In th e w eeks aft er th e suit was fil ed, ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Usenet">Usenet r ev erb erat ed with cond emnation for Appl e. ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=GNU">GNU support ers {Richard Stallman}, John Gilmor e, and Paul Rubin d ecid ed to tak e action against Appl e. Appl e' s r eputation as a forc e for progr ess cam e from having mad e b ett er comput ers but Th e {L eagu e for Programming Fr eedom} b eli ev ed that Appl e want ed to mak e all non-Appl e comput ers wors e. Th ey th er efor e campaign ed to discourag e p eopl e from using Appl e products or working for Appl e or any oth er company thr eat ening 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). B ecaus e of this boycott th e ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Free Software Foundation">Free Software Foundation for a long tim e 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 th eir softwar e. In 1995, th e LPF and th e FSF d ecid ed to end th e boycott. [Dat es? Oth er ev ents? 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