Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!twg.com!david From: david@twg.com (David S. Herron) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Fred Fish on CDROM....now being advertised Message-ID: <7933@gollum.twg.com> Date: 12 Sep 90 23:30:05 GMT References: <455@hal.CSS.GOV> <1990Sep7.144544.17517@uncecs.edu> <12542@wehi.dn.mu.oz> <2072@nyx.UUCP> <12058@ogicse.ogi.edu> Reply-To: david@twg.com (David S. Herron) Distribution: comp Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 35 In article mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) writes: >In article <12058@ogicse.ogi.edu> jmeissen@ogicse.ogi.edu (John Meissen) writes: > In article mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) writes: > >.......... I wouldn't be surprised to find that Xetec is violating > >those restictions, even if they aren't violating the "no commercial > >sale" clauses. > > Two points: > 1. The whole point of the Fish collection is to provide an organized > distribution of PD, ShareWare, FreeWare, etc., software. If people > didn't want their stuff to have wide distribution they wouldn't have > given it to Fred in the first place. It doesn't make any sense to > restrict free distribution to Fred. > >I basically agree with you, but I know I've seen packages go by that >had restrictions, along with exemptions for Fred Fish. What's different between Xetec redistributions of Fish disks and the shareware disk-duplicators doing the same thing? I know that I've seen some of 'em offering Fish disks.. And I know that they charge money for the disks. Or, for that matter, most of the magazines do the same thing -- sell the Fish disks for $5 a pop or so. One difference is the medium. The shareware disk-duplicators do it only floppy, not CD-ROM. But big deal.. as long as it's the same bits then who should care? Whah, I think y'all are makin' an ocean out've a fish pond... ;-) -- <- David Herron, an MMDF & WIN/MHS guy, <- Formerly: David Herron -- NonResident E-Mail Hack <- <- Sign me up for one "I survived Jaka's Story" T-shirt!