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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 00:54:15 -0500
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Vladimir Mazek <dev@gate.net> writes:
> I believe Cliff wrote about this before, but I still don't get it
> completely. I don't understand why ardi is doing everything from the
> ground up (reinventing the wheel)?
Because it's the only way to do it without paying large sums of $$ to
Apple for the ROMs and other software. Not to mention the fact that
Apple may not be willing to support such a venture.
> I know that apple would sue you if you took the code completely, but
> aren't you even allowed to take "snippets" of code and modify them to
> run on the IBM compatibles.
It all depends on the copyright holder for the code in question, in
this case Apple.
> Would they have any way of figuring out what you did?
Not the point. Illicitly grabbing Apple code without giving them
compensation is unethical at least, and probably also illegal.
And yes, I suspect such could be fairly easy checked for.
