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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: What Files can I use? (HELP)
Message-ID: <584@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 19 Nov 90 17:34:08 GMT
References: <1990Nov7.101812.41986@cc.usu.edu> <1990Nov18.124357.15254@iesd.auc.dk>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <1990Nov18.124357.15254@iesd.auc.dk> labben@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Bodin) writes:
>In article <1990Nov7.101812.41986@cc.usu.edu> slmt9@cc.usu.edu writes:
>>
>>	My question is this. What if any programs from the C directory of the
>>workbench disk can I put on a disk that contains a piece of software that I
>>intend to sell. If speciual arraingments must be made with Commodore can any
>>one out there tell me who to call or what needs to be done?
>
>And what about fonts, libraries etc.
>Does Commodore have copyright to this, or can I freely copy it when I
>release my own program since everybody, who owns an Amiga allready have
>these files on their WorkBench disk.

You must license when ANY file of the Workbench or Extras disk or
even only the original bootblock appears on your floppy! There are
special (even harder) cases with software that is not Commodore-
owned, but licensed again from 3rd parties (fonts on Extras, AmigaBasic).
For them, I think, any licensing is very difficult.

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Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
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