Hacker News Reader

While lots of MacOS was taken from Xerox’s work it wasn't’t copied, it was licensed.

Right. They managed to get a licence from Xerox to the astonishment of many of the guys working in Xerox PARC.

What´s your take on the morals of this?

Uh in one case they've gotten permission and are paying to use it and in the other they're not? The morality is clear.

Sorry, my fault... What´s your take on the morals of the Samsung/Apple trial and your feelings regarding protection by software patents?

The astonishment of the Xerox guys has a lot to do with the utter incompetence of their management.

But yes, Apple had a deal with Xerox