Re: [NTLK] US Copyrights: 3 yrs. exemption for obsolete platforms?

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Tue Nov 04 2003 - 14:00:04 PST

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Andrei Chichak wrote:

> At 01:10 PM 11/4/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>
>>The reason it wouldn't be entirely legal to decompile the code of the Newton
>>OS is that the source is still copyright Apple unless they explicitly made
>>it public domain.
>
>
> Legend has it that the source code is...gone. Lost when the group was
> disbanded.

I also heard that all of the source, specs, etc is stored on a PowerBook
locked in a vault.

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