Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cwjcc!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!CUNIXD.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU!ia4 From: ia4@CUNIXD.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Imran Anwar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Legal to include Command.COM on disk of commercial s/ware Message-ID: <8908262022.AA00807@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 26 Aug 89 20:22:31 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 10 PLACING A COPY OF COMMAND.COM ON S/WARE FOR SALE: LEGAL? A friend of mine is developing a program for the IBM PC line but for it to be functional it has to have an uncorrupted Command.COM on the same disk. Does he need IBM's permission to do this or pay royalties or what? If so, where to go for details?