There are some reflections on that in view of the story of the original Macintosh on Folklore.org, in particular in “Credit where due”[1] (which seems to sugges

There are some reflections on that in view of the story of the original Macintosh on Folklore.org, in particular in “Credit where due”[1] (which seems to suggest this has been the original purpose of the About box—note GNOME still uses it that way) and “Signing party”[2] (which discusses the problem of drawing the line), see also “Steve icon”[3]. [1] https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&/story=Credit_Where_Due.txt https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&/sto... [2] https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Signing_Party.txt https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&stor... [3] https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Steve,_Icon.txt https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&stor...