Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Beagle Scam Message-ID: <8912042123.AA04123@apple.com> Date: 4 Dec 89 21:07:41 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: School of Business - U. of Connecticut Lines: 30 On Thu, 30 Nov 89 07:18:37 GMT you said: >I might suggest that Beagle consider allowing people to mail in blank disks >and a $1 or $2 handling fee to obtain a copy of the software in question >without calling pro-beagle. As I read the detailed permission to copy info posted by Mark Munz it's quite clear that Beagle DOES NOT authorize distribution by network. Hence, unless we get something OFFICIAL from Beagle stating otherwise (a fax on Beagle's letterhead signed by someone I recognize as working there for instance) we will NOT distribute any of the Beagleware via APPLE2-L (even if someone sends us a copy). I urge anyone tempted to do so to NOT POST any of it to comp.binaries.apple2 either. The likely response of the UUCP backbone sites would be to terminate the group (whatever you may think individually, copyright violation is unacceptable to the authorities that make this happy net possible). On the other hand. The "you are free to distribute copies of these disks to your friends" would appear to permit distribution by user group librarians (Beagle Buddies for instance?). Would Mark (or someone else at Beagle) comment on 1. distribution to members by user groups, and 2. distribution by "national user groups" such as the Big Red Computer Club both of which charge only a copy and handling fee ($2.00 to $5.00)? /s Murph [Internet] or ...{psuvax1 or mcvax}!uconnvm.bitnet!sewall [UUCP] + Standard disclaimer applies ("The opinions expressed are my own" etc.)