Apples Quote by Lawrence Lessig

“By the time Apple's Macintosh operating system finally falls into the public domain, there will be no machine that could possibly run it. The term of copyright for software is effectively unlimited.”

Lawrence Lessig

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Apples Copyright Domain Fall Machines Macintosh Operating system Operating systems Public domain Running Software Term Time Unlimited

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