Aqua-Soft ForumsAnyone that has TechTV.. they just talked about ObjectDock briefly on the show Call for Help.
Call For Help
This is not good... Apple may be purposefully ignoring this, but it's not a good idea to start throwing it is their faces...
I agree.....if people start questioning the copyrights on Apple's OS and Apple feels threatened, they may force the authors to refrain from distributing their products...and ultimately we would be the losers... 
Siddharth
Oooookkkk???
Exactly what does Apple have with dock or other software here???
Is any of the docks or other Aqua apps using ANY PIECE of Apple's source code???
Any copyrighted algorithms???
NO!
The only thing they can be sued about are copyrighted graphics, UI elements or icons...
Big deal...
If it ever happens, we can always make our own gfx....
(besides, look at how the Adobe vs. can't-remember-who tabbed palette interface process went...)
Also, if i'm correct, most of the icons and gfx AREN'T copyrighted....
Orcinus
One could close this forum and make it private (login would require a password - that would hinder further distribution, but no company can bottle legally the Genie once it is out ). Whatever happens in private circles is outside the "powers to be" since it is contained. A company cannot dictate to you what you do with their products or similar products in your home neither can they do anything in a defined private place. It would be even illegal for them to enter such a private place. So long as there is no "overt" or strong active distribution of a claimed copyright item a company would have no rights to kill a site. Emulation or independent creation of a program does not necessarily make it illegal because it resembles an existing copyright product. This was the case with Apple and Windows and Apple lost. In fact so long as the code of "the me too program" is different no copyright law is infringed.
In cases where the code is very similar or parts are the same, copyright protection does not even apply so long as you arrived at that code or function independently. This was the case of Compaq or HP, I cannot remember who that came with a copy of the BIOS during the 80s by "backengineering" another company's BIOS. They did this by assembling computer programers and guiding them or giving them clues on making a BIOS. The new BIOS behaved and was very close and in some parts identical to another company's BIOS but copyright infringement was not found since they were able to show that they arrived at that code in an independent manner through their own work.
So, even in worst case scenarios there are ways of handling this smartly.