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From: tomd@pro-europa.cts.com (Tom Dolezal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple ][GS System Disk!!
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Date: 8 Apr 90 18:16:02 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from SAB121@psuvm.psu.edu

>Well, first of all, that is a gray area in the law. Only authorized Apple
>dealers are allowed to give out system 5.0.2, and it is not allowed to upload
>them to an informaqtion service (Note to Apple: Would this break the rules?).
>Also, there is no way to Shrink them until Andy gets GS/ShrinkIt (how long,
>out of curiosity?) because they use the new resource forks.
 
Well.... the law really has nothing to do with it.  Apple has placed
restrictions on System Disk duplication, but a copyright is a copyright
regardless.  
 
Apple also licenses user groups to distribute the system disks (for GS/OS and
ProDos-8) either for a fee or not.  
 
ShrinkIt (2.1, 3.0, etc) will shrink the system disks just fine.  When
shrinking full disks, resource forks are not a problem - only when attempting
to shrink individual files (like CDEVs and so on) will ShrinkIt not work. 
Even then, though, you could place the files in question on a 3.5" floppy and
then shrink that entire disk.


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