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From: rand@merrimack.edu (Bucky ate the cat!)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec,comp.org.decus
Subject: Re: CD-ROMs with DECUS software
Message-ID: <19954.26e37a5b@merrimack.edu>
Date: 4 Sep 90 09:56:43 GMT
References: <900901162055.000009F1@MARVIN.CTSS.CO.UK>
Organization: Merrimack College, No. Andover, MA
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In article <900901162055.000009F1@MARVIN.CTSS.CO.UK>, VERKADE@CTSS.CO.UK (Herman Verkade) writes:
> In the DECUS US Chapter newsletters I have seen announcements of various
> CD-ROMs with DECUS software. I have tried get hold of them, but the DECUS
> office here (in the UK) tells me they are not available, because of `some
> legal problem'. Does anybody know more about this?

Wild speculation:

There are several things in the DECUS library that are restricted to US-only
distribution. Things like Spice and anything with DES encryption. Most of the
CDs are just collections of tapes DECUS sells. It's possible that the CD(s)
you are interested in contain one or more of these.

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