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More context: When Microsoft unveiled Windows, John Sculley threatened legal action against them for copying the "look and feel" of the Macintosh. Bill Gates re
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More context: When Microsoft unveiled Windows, John Sculley threatened legal action against them for copying the "look and feel" of the Macintosh. Bill Gates responded by threatening to stop development of all Macintosh programs and not renew the license for Apple II Basic, so Apple backed down. As a part of the remediation process, Apple had to stop working on MacBasic and (more importantly) sign an agreement granting Microsoft a license to create derivative works of the Macintosh's GUI.
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