Re: [NTLK] blasphemy and maybe some hope

From: Seth Vidal (skvidal_at_phy.duke.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 05 2001 - 21:22:34 EDT


> > Does anyone have any more information or anything to add?
> > I love the newton and I intend to continue using mine but the hardware
> > will only last for so long and I'd love to see the HWR in a good place,
> > more importantly in a place where it can continue even w/o a company
> > behind it.
>
> The Newton's ROM are copyright by Apple. I'd be very surprised if you could
> do a core dump, then re-use the code in another device. Apple would never
> let this happens. The content of the ROM is not public domain, but the
> property of Apple.
>

I didn't want a core dump - a code dump. To see if apple is willing to
release the code to the newtonos or hwr system in the public domain.

-sv

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