[SIGCIS-Members] History of intellectual property in computing?

[Hintz, Eric]

Bill Gates’s “Open Letter to Hobbyists” (1976) re: software piracy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists

Eric

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Another IP issue is hardware cloning. There were many Apple II clones and even some Macintosh clones -- some made with Apple's permission, others not. This continues today with the "Hackintosh" trend and, on the software side, the issue of jailbreaking and mobile app permissions.
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