Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!claris!outpost.UUCP!peirce From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: ResEdit Message-ID: Date: 6 Nov 90 23:24:28 GMT Reply-To: Organization: Peirce Software Lines: 21 X-Mailer: uMail - Mac Release: 0.1.4 In article <85704@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, elk@iguana.cis.ohio-state.edu (Edwin L King) writes: > > > I'm the person who originally posted complaining about Apple not > letting people distribute ResEdit freely to each other. > I must admit that after listening to what some people had to say > that there are good reasons to abide by the restrictions. > > It does seem silly to restrict access to a free program, but it is > neessary for Apple to do that to retain its copyright. What I don't understand is why Apple does this for their free developer products, but then another part of Apple, Claris, gives away something like Public Folder. It's copyrighted, has plenty of legal disclaimers in it, and they say take this program and pass it around all you want. Not one word about not putting it up on CompuServe of BBS's, etc. Apple can be a strange beast sometimes... -- michael peirce, author of Public Folder and formerly of claris... -- Michael Peirce -- {apple,decwrl}!claris!outpost!peirce -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 -- and Consulting -- (408) 244-6554