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mrandish
61 days ago
From a modern context, I think it's hard to appreciate that in 1981 it wasn't clear that a computer BIOS would be copyrightable. Franklin even won the initial court case.
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chasil
61 days ago
Compaq notably did this correctly.
https://wiki.softhistory.org/wiki/Compaq_BIOS
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https://wiki.softhistory.org/wiki/Compaq_BIOS