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From: omalley@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: AppleShare fileserver
Message-ID: <5996@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 8 Nov 90 15:43:27 GMT
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Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
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> > I am running a network consisting of a a IIcx with 80Mb hard
> > disk and 12 Mac Pluses, using AppleShare fileserver. For almost
> > every application on the hard disk, opening it from one of the
> > Pluses prevents it from being opened on any of the others: the
> > application is busy is the message.
>
> What you do is use ResEdit , then  GetInfo about a file,
> and set the SHARED bit. Now the file can be opened by more than
> one person.

What legal issues are involved with using this solution?  Purchasing one
copy, storing it on the server, and then (via the Shared bit) letting more
than one person use it simultaneously seems like it would violate the
single-user license that most software has.

Would this be legal if one purchased as many copies as there could be
simultaneous users?

[Disclaimer:  No accusations being made here ... just asking for
discussion!]

-John
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John O'Malley               / Macintosh  / Purdue University / (317)
omalley@mace.cc.purdue.edu / Specialist / Computing Center  / 494-1787