Post AwubfVMblS7b3hlIXY by rayckeith@techhub.social
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 (DIR) Post #AwubBhXhv0x08yk4H2 by rayckeith@techhub.social
       2025-08-07T01:14:18Z
       
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       "In fairness to Apple, not only are they perfectly within their rights to issue a cease and desist… but they have been super-nice and polite about the project saying things like “…it’s clear you’ve poured a great deal of care and passion into your work. We genuinely appreciate your enthusiasm for—and admiration of—the original Macintosh.”. They could have requested that the whole open source project be taken down from GitHub but are currently only requesting we stop selling the assembled units. So anyone can still build one themselves for their own use."https://zeppelin.flights/@sixcolors/114984498135124388
       
 (DIR) Post #AwubBjJbKQr5do9pZ2 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-08-07T02:05:03Z
       
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       @rayckeith IANAL but ... I think the usual excuse is that failing to enforce an intangible monopoly (copyright, patent, trademark, etc) can be cited as precedent to weaken future claims. But surely they could issue an irrevocable license for a narrow set of cases like pico-mac-nano, granting necessary copyright and patent usage permissions. It would probably even be cheaper than suing them all.They could, but they don't. They're just being dicks.#PicoMacNano #RetroComputing #IP #CopyWars
       
 (DIR) Post #AwubfVMblS7b3hlIXY by rayckeith@techhub.social
       2025-08-07T02:10:25Z
       
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       @strypey no one requested a license
       
 (DIR) Post #AwudTbkgO2wnIyTey0 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-08-07T02:30:44Z
       
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       @rayckeith > no one requested a licenseAgain, IANAL, but that's not how it works. It's for the monopoly-holder to decide they think there's infringement. They can either issue a cease-and-desist or a license. In either case, a lawyer has to draft something official and legally binding, and send it to the alleged infringer.Issuing a license is a one-off cost. Sueing someone is not. So why send a cease-and-desist for a harmless hobby use of obsolete tech?
       
 (DIR) Post #AwuhCSR4Agn3IwNb28 by rayckeith@techhub.social
       2025-08-07T03:12:25Z
       
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       @strypey muted
       
 (DIR) Post #AwxCoGmXQwXz3oqwTo by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-08-08T02:44:11Z
       
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       @rayckeith > mutedHuh? But ... why?