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From: rsfinn@athena.mit.edu (Russell S. Finn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Resedit
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Date: 5 Nov 90 18:19:00 GMT
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In article <85644@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Edwin L King <elk@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes:
>  ResEdit is available on CompuServe for anyone and his brother to
>download. 

ResEdit is available from CompuServe, GEnie, and certain BBS's because
they have signed licenses from Apple permitting them to distibute
system software (including ResEdit).  These are similar to the
licenses users groups must sign.  *That* is why they can distribute
ResEdit -- it isn't like someone just uploaded it to CompuServe.

It is interesting to note that BIX does *not* distribute this
software, because the higher-ups at McGraw-Hill object to some clause
in the licensing agreement and consequently haven't signed it.  If
someone uploads such software to BIX, it gets deleted.

>If Apple
>really wants to enforce that copyright, they should stop posting it on
>Compuserve, establish a retail price for it (or perhaps there is one
>through APDA or something -- they surely haven't publicized it to the
>rest of the world), and make sure dealers have it in stock.

I don't agree with your reasoning.  Virtually all shareware is
distributed this way, and remains copyrighted.

>  Heh, heh, just watch me cave in the first time I get a letter with
>Apple's legal department stationery on it!

Please let us know when this happens.

-- Russell S. Finn
rsfinn@{athena,lcs}.mit.edu