Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!oliveb!amiga!cbmvax!andy From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: WB1.3.2 Message-ID: <7832@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 5 Sep 89 21:57:01 GMT References: <1989Sep3.015931.9016@csusac.csus.edu> <19679@usc.edu> <19682@usc.edu> <7056@rpi.edu> Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) Distribution: usa Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 46 In article <7056@rpi.edu> kudla@pawl.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) writes: < random flames deleted> Just out of curiosity, why bother to flame the license agreement in public, rather than send a note asking why ? You'd like the legal dept to say something like 'Gee, I guess electronic distribution of software updates is a bad idea after all' or what ? > > governmental entity and (d) in all respects is proprietary data belonging > solely to Commodore. > >A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but to think you somehow can >control it is even more dangerous, or at least foolish. They might >legally own it, but I'm sorry, there are just hundreds of people in >the government and out who'll probably dissassemble it to their >heart's content. As I (not a lawyer, but I have friends working in government) understand it, gov't employees working with software sign some sort of contract when they get a Federal job saying they will and won't do certain things to software as long as the software contains the proper notices. (I've seen the agreement a friend had to sign) I suspect the "hundreds of people in the government" will be quite able to determine the cost/benefit ratio themselves, since they know that they have agreed to :-) >advertising before 1.4 and the 3000 are ready with emphasis on the >Commodore name...... I've just gotta wonder.... >-- >Robert Jude Kudla hmmm, this may be the first vote I've heard for not advertising. I hope this isn't the start of a trend! :-) andy -- andy finkel {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. Life gets pretty complex the minute you stop mooing. Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.