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Re: Whats an Apple ][



In <2simu9$gma@paris.ics.uci.edu> jlee@ics.uci.edu (Orion Pax) writes:

>I wonder if the copyrights or patents that ACI holds on the Apple II have
>expired yet or not?  Because if so..

        Patents, I believe, have a life of 17 years, so some of them (if
there ever were any) would have expired by now.  Copyrights, however, outlive
the author by 50 years, at least when issued to individuals.

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