When I worked at Apple, we used this (in my opinion terrible) framework called "WebObjects", which used to be publicly available but not open source. After dig

When I worked at Apple, we used this (in my opinion terrible) framework called "WebObjects", which used to be publicly available but not open source. After digging around, I found out that the reason they didn't open source it was because their own patent lawyers wouldn't let them, something about having dot-properties for configuration variables... Something that nearly anyone who frequents hacker news could reinvent themselves in an afternoon.