XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   vallor  wrote:   
   > At 31 Oct 2025 20:20:51 GMT, Frank Slootweg  wrote:   
   >   
   > > s|b  wrote:   
   > > > On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 23:37:39 +1100, Felix wrote:   
   > > >   
   > > > > windoze was copied from Apple Mac   
   > > >   
   > > > Ladies and gentlemen, what a comeback!   
   > >   
   > >   And misinformed to boot!   
   > >   
   > >   Apple's GUI elements were *licensed to* Microsoft, not copied. (And of   
   > > course these GUI elements were *part* of the Macintosh' OS, not the   
   > > whole OS.)   
   > >   
   > >   After the fact, Apple sued Microsoft (and Hewlett-Packard) and lost   
   > > all the way to the Supreme Court.   
   > >   
   > > [First part of the 'AI Overview' from a Google search on 'apple   
   > > microsoft lawsuit over windows':]   
   > >   
   > > "In 1988, Apple sued Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard for copyright   
   > >  infringement, claiming Windows' graphical user interface (GUI)   
   > >  illegally copied Apple's Macintosh. However, the lawsuit was largely   
   > >  unsuccessful for Apple because a 1985 agreement between the companies   
   > >  covered many of the disputed elements in Windows. The court ultimately   
   > >  ruled that most of Apple's claims were covered by the license or were   
   > >  uncopyrightable ideas, establishing that the basic concept of a GUI was   
   > >  not patentable."   
   > >   
   > >   But let's make a similar - but more realistic - 'comeback':   
   > >   
   > >   "Linux was copied from Unix."   
   >   
   > POSIX is an operating system standard, not a "license".   
      
     Huh? Who is talking about POSIX?   
      
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