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Apple and microsoft have had a cross-licensing deal for decades which allows them to use each other's ip as long as they don't create an outright clone of the o
by Joeri 11y ago
Apple and microsoft have had a cross-licensing deal for decades which allows them to use each other's ip as long as they don't create an outright clone of the other guy's product.
- bitmapbrother 11y agoAren't the API's used in Islandwood a clone of iOS API's?
- petilon 11y agoYou can clone the API without cloning the product.
- bitmapbrother 11y agoWhether the clone clause is applicable to only products would require examination of the agreement.
- Joeri 11y agoRegardless, if the rumors are true apple is about to release a surface tablet clone (iPad pro), so they might not be so trigger happy out of fear of retaliation.
- bitmapbrother 11y agoHow exactly is the rumored iPad pro a Surface clone? Additionally, without the optional and expensive keyboard, could you not call the Surface an iPad clone by your definition?
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