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From: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Fred Fish on CDROM....now being advertised
Message-ID: <90266.212145JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 24 Sep 90 01:21:45 GMT
References: <222.filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us>
Organization: Penn State University
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In article <222.filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us>, filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (Bela
Lubkin) says:
>
>If Xetec's disk is an officially
>approved-by-Fred distribution method then it falls under the same
>exemption granted to Fred.  Otherwise, Xetec is also violating the
>rights of dozens of authors.

1) You aren't saying anything that hasn't been said at least 6 times
so far already here in comp.sys.amiga.  Why does this topic keep
coming up?

2) If memory serves, the copyright statements in many of the software
packages on the Fish disks read close to "Permission is hereby granted
for this software to be distributed as part of the Fred Fish collection."
Well, as far as I'm concerned, this Xetec CD ROM is the Fred Fish
collection, and the spirit of the copyrights have been preserved.

3) Overall, I don't see Xetec as intentionally trying to cause any
trouble here.  In addition, I don't see that what they do is even CLOSE
to piracy, which is the way you seem to be treating it.

Overall, the posters here on c.s.a seem to be causing more trouble
than Xetec.  Xetec tries to do the Amiga community a favor, and they
get crap.  Please go read your law books and leave Xetec and those
who are thankful for their efforts alone.

                                                            Kurt
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