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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: Non-Disclosure - How about respecting it?
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Date: 31 Jan 91 16:41:34 GMT
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In article <571.27a73936@vger.nsu.edu> manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes:

>There _have_ been things posted about programs that have not been released
>to the public (at least to my knowledge).  I have seen several questions 
>about how to get zkick et al to work on a 500 etc. etc.

	Well, Kickit is the Commodore program, zkick has nothing
to do with Commodore as I understand it. If I say "I'm having
problems getting kickit to boot the kickstart," how does that
hurt Commodore?
>
>You also have seen postings from Commodore saying something to the effect
>of "you should not have this anyway...".
> 
	This is a totally separate issue. One issue is people
talking about developers-only programs and the other is people
who aren't developers having developers-only programs. The latter
is wrong and the developer should be caught. The former is not
necessarily a violation of anything. Just because the program
isn't generally available doesn't mean the program is a secret.
Kickit isn't exactly the most complicated, classified product.

>I grant that there are perfectly legitimate discussions that do not violate
>the non-disclosure agreements.
> 
>I think you can grant that there have been more than one violation of the
>agreement.
> 
	Which? Specifically.

>It concerns me, tis all.  I am not trying to become non-disclosure "net 
>cop", just wanted to point out what I think _could_ be a problem if not
>kept in check.
> 
>
> -mark=
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> | \/     |   Mark D. Manes                    "Mr. AmigaVision" 
> | /\  \/ |   manes@vger.nsu.edu                                        
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