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From: koren@hpfelg.HP.COM (Steve Koren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: anyone heard of "Chiron Conceptions"?
Message-ID: <13910042@hpfelg.HP.COM>
Date: 28 Aug 90 01:34:01 GMT
Organization: HP Elec. Design Div. -FtCollins
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Has anyone heard of a place called "Chiron Conceptions?"
Furthermore, does anyone have a contact phone number or
address for them?

I wrote some Amiga software a long time ago and it seems they are:

  1) claiming it is PD even though it is really copyrighted by
     me,

  2) selling it without my permission and making a profit from it,

  3) not distributing the whole thing, causing me to get alot of
     phone calls from people wanting the rest.

I'd very much like to contact them, but I can't figure out how.
I should also point out that although the above has been reported
to me by several unrelated sources, I have not verified it myself.
It may not be true; I just want to check it out.

thanks,

   - steve


PS - a general question too: clearly they can sell PD software
     if they want.  However, has anyone else who is the author of
     a *copyrighted* package had any problems with places like
     this selling it as if it was PD and trying to make a quick
     buck?  These folks don't seem to realize that not all
     freely distributable software is PD.