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From: ar4@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: StuffIt in the trash!
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Date: 15 Sep 90 15:50:50 GMT
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In c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip) writes:

>Yes, but as an archive keeper I *provide* something good for nothing!
>Hence, I object to someone else making a profit off of *my* work.  I
>firmly believe that public archives on usenet/internet should stick with
>compression algorithms that are in the public domain.

I think that this really hits on an answer to this entire discussion.

   1. Public archives SHOULD stick with public domain compression software
   2. Developers of compression software should NOT BE REQUIRED, by users,
		to make their software public domain.

There... are we done yet?

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Piper Keairnes                  **  Purdue University Computing Center  **
ar4@sage.cc.purdue.edu          **   Unisys Corporation Co-op Student   **
                                **   Macintosh Programmer/ Specialist   **