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From: jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeff White)
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Subject: Re: 6.0.5 by ftp only (was Re: Thank you, Apple! (for again singling out 'the rest of us'))
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Date: 10 Apr 90 04:54:39 GMT
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In article <14964@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> stuart@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (S. D. Ericson) writes:
>In article <1990Apr7.235132.15047@uokmax.uucp>, rob@uokmax.uucp (Bolo) writes:
>> In article <2364@tellab5.tellabs.com> kenk@tellab5.UUCP (Ken Konecki) writes:
>
>When those emplyees at apple.com first mentioned that they might be soon
>providing ftp access to future system software, they mentioned that the
>problem was CONVINCING THE LAWYERS that they wouldn't loose any software
>rights.
>
>I believe the issue was one of being able to track who gets the software.
>They were finally able to convince the lawyers that ftp tracks (logs) the
>connections and thus they would know who got the software.

  It's often been mentioned that an individual is supposed to be able to go
to a local Apple dealer and have them copy the software for you.  If this
is truw (I've never done it), do they make any records of it (ie. ask for 
some type of ID)?  If they don't, I don't see ftp'ing the software is much
different.

						Jeff White
						jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu