Apple I replicas to be available

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Mon Sep 8 20:25:00 2003

> Are you sure about this? From the Q&A:
>
> Q: Isn???t the Woz Monitor the property of Apple?
>
> A: More than likely yes. But Woz was contacted about this and gave his
> ok. He
> stated that he handed it out along with his schematics long before there
> was
> an Apple computer company. Apple also turned all hardware and software
> matters over to the Apple 1 club and this project started and is still
> under
> the club.

I'm skeptical. Even though the design predated the formation of the
corporation, the ownership was likely transferred from the company
(a partnership) to the corporation when the latter was formed.

There's probably no way to get a guaranteed correct answer on this.
If you were to ask Apple's legal department, they would probably claim
they own it without doing any research. If anyone (even Woz) tells
you that Apple doesn't own it, there's no way to be sure that they are
correct (unless they have a signed release from Apple), and more
importantly, there's no way to be sure you won't get sued over it.

> Wouldn't the "hardware and software matters" cover the PCB?

Not necessarily. They weren't licensing the club to manufacture the
computers.

IANAL, this is just my opinion. It's not a can of worms that I'd
want to open.
Received on Mon Sep 08 2003 - 20:25:00 BST