Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!usc!elroy!gryphon!desint!geoff From: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Clarinet and Royalties Message-ID: <169@desint.UUCP> Date: 19 Jun 89 07:40:39 GMT References: <17762@paris.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) Distribution: na Organization: Interrupt Technology Corp., Manhattan Beach, CA Lines: 22 nagel@paris.ics.uci.edu writes: > Is ClariNet in violation of Rick Adams B News copyright if it uses B News > as the transport layer? Let's get real, you guys. Do you think Brad should also pay royalties to Peter Honeyman for using uucp as a transport layer? How about to Telebit for the use of their modem protocols? Gee, and how about Texas Instruments -- I'm sure there must be some 7400-series chips involved in this thing *somewhere*. Personally, I suspect that a lot of the screamers are just unhappy because they didn't think of it first, or didn't have the good old American (whoops, sorry, Canadian :-) get-up-and-go to put things into practice. I admire Brad for having the foresight to figure out there was an opportunity here, and for having the energy to make it all happen and to do a good job at it (e.g., the NewsClip feature). And yes, I've already subscribed. Brad's just in time to feed me the Tour de France results from the UPI wire. Thanks, Brad, and the best of luck to you. -- Geoff Kuenning geoff@ITcorp.com uunet!desint!geoff