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From: koren@hpfelg.HP.COM (Steve Koren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: anyone heard of "Chiron Conceptions"?
Message-ID: <13910043@hpfelg.HP.COM>
Date: 3 Sep 90 00:16:01 GMT
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Organization: HP Elec. Design Div. -FtCollins
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> >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

> Steve, what are you telling us here? Is Chiron Software selling a
> collection of software like Fred Fish? Is your software freely distrubutable?
> If so, then unless you restricted distribution away from such collections in
> your copyright, they are not doing anything wrong, are they? If they are

The software in question is copyrighted by me, and is distributable free
of charge *with certain restrictions*.  One of these restrictions is that
the entire package must be distributed, not just pieces of it.  They
are not doing this - they have apparently left out large pieces of it,
which ends up having a direct impact on my time, as I get all the calls
from people wanting the rest.  There are several other issues as well.

At any rate, I am not trying to resolve the issue here on the net; I will
deal with them in person for that.  I'm just looking for a way to get
ahold of them.  It may be that the whole thing is just a misunderstanding.

  - steve