liamur
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Years ago, I saw this post on Slashdot, and it stuck with me for no reason other than at the time I had never heard of the Lisa. It says that CHM was to release the source, probably 68k assembly, for Lisa OS---but there is no record of this on CHM's website, nor any evidence of source anywhere else. There is a little bit of other information, found via a quick search, is a r/VintageApple post from 9 months ago. Also, the Wikipedia page for the Lisa says:
"In 2018, the Computer History Museum announced it would be releasing the source code for Lisa OS, following a check by Apple to ensure this would not impact other intellectual property. For copyright reasons, this release did not include the American Heritage dictionary."
What happened? Was the American Heritage dictionary too integral to the system to allow for the release? Or did Apple just forget about it, in a manner reminiscent of AirPower?
"In 2018, the Computer History Museum announced it would be releasing the source code for Lisa OS, following a check by Apple to ensure this would not impact other intellectual property. For copyright reasons, this release did not include the American Heritage dictionary."
What happened? Was the American Heritage dictionary too integral to the system to allow for the release? Or did Apple just forget about it, in a manner reminiscent of AirPower?