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From: tadguy@abcfd01.larc.nasa.gov (Tad Guy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: abcfd20 uploads (was Re: ProTracker on FTP)
Message-ID: <TADGUY.90Oct17102128@abi2.larc.nasa.gov>
Date: 17 Oct 90 15:21:28 GMT
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In-Reply-To: tommyf@ifi.uio.no's message of 16 Oct 90 12:18:20 GMT

In article <1990Oct16.121820.2417@ifi.uio.no> tommyf@ifi.uio.no (Tommy Finsen) writes:
> ProTracker has now been upploaded as pt.lzh on abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov
> (NewXanth), in directory /incoming/amiga.

And has been duly removed, because the program is clearly a derivitive
of SoundTracker, a copyrighted work.

*** EVERYONE! ***

Abcfd20 will go away if people don't start showing some sense in what
they upload!  The recent fiasco about the Atari emulator is a case in
point---how could it work if it didn't have a copy of TOS in it?  (And
don't whine to me claiming that it may be a reimplementation...)

I don't have the time to check everything that's uploaded to abcfd20,
thus I depend on you all to watch for questionable files.  The login
message and the /README file now make this explicit.

Things that MUST NOT be uploaded to abcfd20:

	- Emulators that may contain proprietary code (ex, Atari1, AtariEa)
        - Derivitives of copyrighted works (NoiseTracker, ProTracker, etc)
        - Things clearly not redistributable (JRComm V1.0 and above, etc)

I've just about had it already with the irresponsibility I'm seeing in
the uploads---I just don't need the hassle...

	...tad