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From: sho@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu (Sho Kuwamoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: ResEdit 2.0b2
Keywords: ResEdit, APDA
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Date: 24 Aug 90 12:34:25 GMT
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In article <1990Aug23.141733.7040@rbdc> ramsey@rbdc (Ramsey Dow) writes:
>casey@auspex.auspex.com (Casey Cox) writes:
>
>>Good news!  I just downloaded a copy of ResEdit 2.0b2 from America Online!
>
>Well if this is the case then will some kind soul fire off copies to sumex
>and rascal?  Thanks!

To the person doing the "frequently asked questions for the comp.sys.mac.*
groups"...

Would you please solicit an answer for --
  Q: If "system" software can be distributed on CI$, AO, etc., why
     can't I put it on my public FTP site?

from someone in the know? (say, someone from DTS)  Most of us
basically know that it has to do with the Apple lawyers, and
protection of copyrights (if a program is given out too freely, it
becomes public domain by default?) but it's just so unobvious that the
topic seems to come up about once every month.  

Much like "why is my Apple icon blinking?", this is a question which
I would be happy to never see again.  A perfectly natural question,
but one which occurs too often.

-Sho
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sho@physics.purdue.edu