From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264693AbTD0Rhf (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Apr 2003 13:37:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264695AbTD0Rhe (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Apr 2003 13:37:34 -0400 Received: from h243n1fls32o865.telia.com ([213.65.113.243]:20692 "EHLO h224n1fls32o865.telia.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264693AbTD0Rhd (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Apr 2003 13:37:33 -0400 To: mru@users.sourceforge.net (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?=) Cc: Larry McVoy , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!] References: <20030424083730.5F79A2127F@dungeon.inka.de> <20030424085913.GH28253@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <3EA804A8.8070608@techsource.com> <1051209350.4004.6.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030424192941.E1425@almesberger.net> <20030427142106.GA24244@merlin.emma.line.org> <20030427165959.GC6820@work.bitmover.com> X-Face: $$CzX_6%|HNr.oB"KTJp(4s)x@#{7`R#=qth)@YQVIW3G_vqiReP):T3il:o9H[)hjgs%QU z!Gx^:NL=B(KNK[Y7{`T*hok`uv`}ArWqZ\wF&KHgVYr+d\>oGI?I\60y?,j*xB@gkYk_)YU0]6"S` nEjNqCC Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 From: Mirar Date: 27 Apr 2003 19:49:20 +0200 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > With your reasoning, all version control programs are stolen from > the first one, whatever that was (does anyone remember?). It's bound to be something related to RCS (which CVS was built on). > The idea of using a display (possibly graphical) with multiple > windows was at one time such a new thing. This does not mean that > any subsequent implementation of such a system is copied, or stolen, > from the original inventor (who was that?). Xerox. (Yes, same X as in X11, if I understand correctly.) I think they gave the idea away freely to Apple. /Mirar