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From: akcs.joehorn@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Joseph K. Horn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: HP48 Internals, etc
Message-ID: <27b105fb:1970.1comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
Date: 7 Feb 91 08:40:19 GMT
References: <1991Feb5.114326.15305@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
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Andrew Zimmerman asks about the legality of distributing a hexdump of the
HP 48SX rev B operating system with every copy of Voyager.

Due to personal discussions with some persons whose opinions I trust, it
had not even occurred to me that it would be a problem.  Silly me.

At your suggestion, I am checking with HP about this.  It would seem, as
you say, to be quite illegal, since the ON-D/DROP/EVAL screen says
"Copyright HP 1989".  But, as you know, all you need in order to legally
copy a copyrighted item is the permission of the copyright holder.

If such permission cannot be obtained, Voyager will be disseminated
without the SX OS hex dump, but with instructions of how to produce your
own, from your own HP 48.  It only takes half an hour at 9600 baud.

Thanx for bringing this potential nightmare to our attention!

Joseph K. Horn  --  Peripheral Vision, Ltd.