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From: daehl@madnix.UUCP (Donald Aehl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Beagle Bros
Message-ID: <973@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 28 Nov 89 08:10:07 GMT
References: <8911260920.AA11839@trout.nosc.mil>
Reply-To: daehl@madnix.UUCP (Donald Aehl)
Organization: ARP Software, Madison, WI
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In article <8911260920.AA11839@trout.nosc.mil> rich@pro-exchange.cts.COM (Rich Sims) writes:
>If the following doesn't apply to you, just skip it...
>
>-- FLAME ON --
>
>You people are absolutely amazing!  Beagle Bros (a well respected company
>with a record of providing customer satisfaction that's as good as any in
>the industry) decides to make certain of it's software products available
>for free, and places a few minor conditions on the offer.
>
What conditions are you talking about? Not distributing the software they
are currently still selling?  Nobody has mentioned that. C'mon get real...
It is clearly stated that they are allowing the programs that are on
Pro-Beagle to be "freely distributed".  It clearly says that and no other
information has yet contradicted that.  (Whoever posted that letter from
A+/Incider misquoted the letter.  Nowhere does it say that you cannot upload
the old software to BBS, it merely says not to upload the stuff that is not
currently on Pro-Beagle.  When it gets on Pro-Beagle, then it is fair game
for uploading.

Now, I'm not trying to make Beagle Bros' policy for them, I'm simply restating
what it CLEARLY says in their 1989 catalog and what Tom Weishaar said in his
letter.  Unless, we hear differently from Beagle Bros, I don't see why this
distribution policy would change.

>How do you respond?  By bitching about the way they're making them
>available, trying to figure out ways around the conditions, and
blah blah blah blah... (ad nauseum...)
>-- FLAME OFF --
>Rich Sims
>
Give it a rest, Rich. I really don't believe that your soapboxing contributed
to the discussion whatsoever.