Re: BRUTAL DELUXE : System 6.02 soon available ??

[ag471@yfn.ysu.edu (Eric S. Ford)]

In a previous article, ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean) says:

>Dave Roberts (daver@ns.interactive.net) wrote:
>
>: 	Good attitude, but I don't think Apple's lawyers will see things your
>: way. It's mildly possible that no one would find out or care, but..
>
>The best way to do it is: release it, and don't call it System 6. Call it 
>something else like GS System, etc. Apple won't care I think.
>
>Recently the latest Apple III system disk was release this way.

I think the determination of copyright infringement is often based on the
percentage of look-alike or identical code rather than the name used for
the product.  Otherwise, we would see a whole raft of software releases
with nothing more than a name change.  I would say the safest approach
would be to release a patch or patch program.


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