Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!mintaka!spdcc!spt!mdc From: mdc@spt.entity.com (Marty Connor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: StuffIt Deluxe Summary: PUBLIC FORMATS FOR PUBLIC DATA [TM] Message-ID: <5216@spt.entity.com> Date: 31 Aug 90 01:08:11 GMT References: <1990Aug20.075638.3276@rbdc> <6257@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> <2146@ux.acs.umn.edu> <1990Aug29.204448.23954@svc.portal.com> <5186@spt.entity.com> <11217@claris.com> <5193@spt.entity.com> <9992@goofy.Apple.COM> Reply-To: mdc@spt.UUCP (Marty Connor) Organization: Hacks 'R' Us, Cambridge, MA Lines: 31 In article <9992@goofy.Apple.COM> alexr@apple.com (Alexander M. Rosenberg) writes: >Have you even tried to call Alladin? Propreitary means only that they know >who has the information; it doesn't mean that they won't give it out. Stop >whining about it. Call them. You're flat wrong. Proprietary can and often does mean that information will be withheld. Often selectively. Public Information *means* that one doesn't have to get permission to use information. Real freedom is being able to write code without getting permission from other people. >Let us know what happens. Since I am arguing against archiving public data in proprietary formats, I don't feel I should have to ask Alladin for their format. I argue that either it is documented publicly, no strings attached, or it is not appropriate for public archives. I am exercising free speech on this issue because I think it is important that people understand the implications of new formats on saving data. -- Marty Connor, Marty's Computer Workshop, "Specializing in Macintosh Training" 126 Inman Street, Cambridge, MA 02139; (617) 491-6935 mdc@entity.com, or ...{harvard|uunet}!mit-eddie!spt!mdc