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From: root@itnsg1.cineca.it (Valter Cavecchia)
Subject: Re: Top Dog - a sample IRIS Showcase document
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.174350.20160@itnsg1.cineca.it>
Keywords: showcase
Organization: Laboratorio di Fisica Computazionale, INFM. Trento Italia
References: <1991Mar20.163106@anusf.anu.edu.au> <1991Mar20.100818.7843@itnsg1.cineca.it> <1991Mar20.114122.3916@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Mar20.135604.13931@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1991 17:43:50 GMT

heathman@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Michael Heathman) writes:

>In article <1991Mar20.114122.3916@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> andreess@mrlaxs.mrl.uiuc.edu (Marc Andreessen) writes:
>>In article <1991Mar20.100818.7843@itnsg1.cineca.it> root@itnsg1.cineca.it (Valter Cavecchia) writes:
>>>drw900@anusf.anu.edu.au ("Drew R Whitehouse") writes:
>>>>	If it's being bundled with new machines, and sold for the
>>>>price of the transfer media, why not make it available for ftp on
>>>>sgi.com along with other unsupported bit's and pieces ? 
>>>>							Drew.
>>>I agree with this statement. 
>>>	valter
>>
>>Because Internet cannot be used for commercial purposes.  This
>>rule is bent regularly, but commercial software distribution would
>>probably be going a little too far.

>	If it is being distributed for free, is this commercial software
>distribution?  I don't think so.  Do it!!

I'm not an expert about Internet policies in software distribution.
But, what prohibits to diffuse (for free) programs like "showcase" and
does permit to put in anonymous ftp areas programs like "gdiff" or "gman" ?
I mean, is there any (by law) difference between those programs?

	valter
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