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From: BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Fred Fish on CDROM....now being advertised
Message-ID: <12542@wehi.dn.mu.oz>
Date: 9 Sep 90 14:06:18 GMT
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In article <1990Sep7.144544.17517@uncecs.edu>, utoddl@uncecs.edu (Todd M. Lewis) writes:
> In article <455@hal.CSS.GOV> stevem@hal.CSS.GOV (Steve Masters) writes:
>>On p.43 of the October AmigaWorld is an ad from Xetec for an Amiga CD-ROM system.
>>As part of the ad, they say they will include with the system a CD-ROM with the
>>Fred Fish library through #360.
> 
> Interesting!  I wonder how they deal with the copyright restrictions
> on some of the pieces in the Fish library which can only be destributed
> by Fred Fish.  Perhaps by including the entire library (to date) they
> can get away with it.  We should be glad, I suppose, that most of the
> people submitting software to Mr. Fish's library don't have schools
> of piranha lawyers lurking in shallow pools waiting to sturr up 
> some trouble over whether this CD-ROM thing constitutes a profit-making
> entity or whether it is still "distribution by Fred Fish" as spelled out
> in several item's distribution restrictions.


As far as I am concerned, it seems that the price for the drive is so
reasonable that the CD is being included as an incentive to buy, and not
being sold for profit. I have no problems with this release.

Regards Alan