Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!saul.cis.upenn.edu!hodas From: hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted Subject: Re: Wanted: Energiser Bunny! Message-ID: <35041@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 19 Dec 90 13:49:42 GMT References: <749@taniwha.UUCP> <18996@netcom.UUCP> <4816@idunno.Princeton.EDU> <4837@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 65 In article <4837@idunno.Princeton.EDU> bskendig@glasses.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes: ... >Now, there are two reasons why I can't send it to y'all. First off, >I'm very hesitant to; I remember its creator posting to the net before >and saying something about having to get permission from Energizer or >something like that. I agree that's silly, but I'd rather think it's >silly than sit here with some sort of legal action on my shoulders... ;) ... >On second thought -- hmm. If someone would email me instructions on >how to get something sent to the sumex archives, and on how to get >something to comp.sys.mac.binaries, I might just stuff the whihole >taco together and leave the legal difficulties up to the moderators of >those two media. But if you don't have this information for me, >please don't send me any more requests! Please, don't do this!!! Dean Yu is a genius for having come up with this little guy (and for many other things), but he has asked that the hack not be distributed until he resolves the trademark issues to his satisfaction. He may be being paranoid, but it is he and not the sumex moderators who would suffer any legal consequences. Also, even if there were no legal issues, it is really bad style to distribute something after the author has specifically requested that it not be distributed. Besides, there are other reasons not to distribute the hack. To wit: > ... [I]t worked fine on a IIx and a >IIsi, but it killed the sound; there was no sound when the bunny >crossed, and thereafter any sysbeeps would only flash the menubar no >matter what level the Control Panel volume was set to under system >6.0.7. And it seems that sometimes, after I triggered it once, it >would keep crossing over and over again until I hit the reset button. >And it seemed to give the IIx indigestion, and crashed it a few times. Yes, there is a problem with the version as released on the CD ROMs from Apple. They do not work properly uder the new sound manager (6.07 and 7.0b1). Under some circumstances this just causes the sound problems as described above, under others (like on the si) it causes sound and cycling problems which eventually lead to crashes. Dean fixed this and there is a version that works wonderfully, but it is up to HIM to decide when he wants it distributed. Up till now I have honored his non-distribute request by not even discussing these issues, but the idea that someone would distribute the program against his express wishes (and an old buggy version no less) made me feel I had to speak up. Josh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Josh Hodas Home Phone: (215) 222-7112 4223 Pine Street School Office Phone: (215) 898-9514 Philadelphia, PA 19104 New E-Mail Address: hodas@saul.cis.upenn.edu