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From: vw3@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Vernon Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: System Disks to mail! But is it legal to post them?
Message-ID: <1990Jul18.044722.10574@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 18 Jul 90 04:47:22 GMT
References: <1990Jul17.235631.29896@laguna.ccsf.caltech.edu>
Reply-To: vw3@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Vernon Williams)
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In article <1990Jul17.235631.29896@laguna.ccsf.caltech.edu> toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>I'm getting ready to shrinkit and binscii the 5.0.2 system disks and the DMA
>SCSI disk because people have requested them. Because of the size of these
>things, I am NOT posting them to comp.binaries.apple2 unless I get gobs of
>requests.
>
>I assume that it is OK to mail people copies of the System Software, but
>if I do get a lot of requests, is it legal to post them?

Actually it's not technically OK for you to mail them. Mailing counts as 
distribution of sysytem software, which is something that you need either 
Apple's permission, or a license from Apple to do. It's similarly not legal to 
post system software without prior permission from Apple.
>
>Todd Whitesel
>toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu


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