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From: anderson@osc.edu (Steve Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.visualization
Subject: Re: apE
Summary: don't worry, be happy
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Date: 4 Feb 91 03:13:18 GMT
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There's been lots of discussion lately about the gnarly license form
for apE. Although I'm a programmer, not a lawyer, I wanted to
add a bit of re-assurance.

In 25 words or less, -- relax. Remember the spirit of the effort.
90% of the wording in the contract comes from standard University
contracts at OSU, clauses all required by state law. If you have a 
problem with the license, direct your questions to Michelle Messenger, 
(michelle@osgp.osc.edu) or (614) 292-0006, (614) 292-0006 (FAX). 
We will do our best to work out any kinks.

The response to apE so far has been phenomenal. apE is in use
on all 7 continents (including Antartica). The number of orders
was tremendous (exact count I'm not sure, but we have a world
map in our conference room that is almost entirely red with
pushpins denoting shipped copies). We appreciate everyone's interests.

I can also say that we are currently preparing the first update
to fix the first wave of bugs and support for some machines that
we had not tested when 2.0 began shipping.

Questions, bug reports, etc., can be e-mailed to apE@osgp.osc.edu.
PostScript documentation and up to date information on bugs, etc.
can be ftp'd at apE.osgp.osc.edu (128.146.18.18)

--steve



-- 
 H. Stephen Anderson			 | email: anderson@osgp.osc.edu
 The Ohio Supercomputer Graphics Project | Phone: (614) 292-3274
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 Columbus, Ohio 43212                    |