[NTLK] Assuming this is acceptable, ROM image for Einstein...

[Matthias Melcher]

The trademark for "Newton", "MessagePad" and the lightbulb logo have not been extended and consequently ran out last year. We could now officially call the Emulator "New Newton" or something and use the lightbulb as an icon.

Patents as well have run out, unless there are follow-up patents, but that is impossible to research but for a patent attorney.

Copyright however has a much longer expiration time. In the US it is 95 years for anonymous works, or 70 years after the death of a person for personal work. 

In the end though, I do not think that anyone at Apple gives Einstein or NewtonOS a second thought.

On Jun 24, 2014, at 3:22 PM, Chris Browder <kcfoxie at gmail.com> wrote:

> Educate me here. I thought the newton became abandoned this past year and this was in the public domain? 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jun 24, 2014, at 8:44 AM, Lord Groundhog <lordgroundhog at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> ~~~ On 2014/06/24 10:11, Matthias Melcher at mm at matthiasm.com wrote ~~~
>> 
>>> 
>>> Are we overthinking this? If someone wants to get a 717006 ROM, they will
>>> download a 717006 ROM, right?
>> 
>> 
>> That could be true, Matthias, or perhaps the issue for some folks isn't
>> actual availability of the ROM.  Perhaps the concern is whether or not
>> NewtonTalk in general and the people working on Einstein in particular could
>> face nonsensical legal interference because blatant forms of distribution
>> could poke Apple's legal rotweillers into action.
>> 
>> IOW perhaps our problem isn't whether the ROM "somehow" gets passed
>> privately to people who will make good use of it, but whether those Apple
>> guard dogs think we're openly encouraging/helping to turn distribution of
>> "their" ROM into a cottage industry.  Guilt by association may not be real
>> guilt, but lawyers making a point about intellectual property often are
>> happy to club bystanders with it.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Just my 2 small copper coins of the currency of your choice.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Shalom, 
>> 
>> Christian 
>> 
>> ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
>> 
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>>   might not be as relevant to Newtons
>>       as poutine.
>>              -- Lord Groundhog
>> 
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>> http://www.diyplanner.com/node/3942
>> 
>> 
>> ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
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