Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!haven!mimsy!nocusuhs!nmrdc1!minixug!waltje
From: waltje@minixug.mugnet.org (Fred 'The Rebel' van Kempen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: sc addendum (about binary postings)
Message-ID: <9103303860@minixug.mugnet.org>
Date: 30 Mar 91 15:46:28 GMT
References: <9476@star.cs.vu.nl>
Organization: MINIX User Group Holland (NLMUG)   -  MUGNET  -
Lines: 27

ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) wrote:
> In article <9103212117@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org> waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org (Fred 'The Rebel' van Kempen) writes:
>>In principle, posting binaries can't hurt
> Viruses?
Yes, that is a possible problem.  However, being "born" on a BBS (I ran a fairly
large BBS myself for about 7 years), I know what the chances are.  On the MINIX
front, I think the chances are minimal.

However, we SHOULD think up a "Release form" that states who wrote a certain
program, who compiled it (and with what/for what) and who sent it to the
archive.  The notice should also contain any copyright/left status, and, if
applicable, the name and such of the (c) holder.

I will post such a Public Release Note shortly, from another machine..

>>About spreadsheets: any votes for me posting my port of Borland MicroCalc ?
> What is the copyright status of this?  Now that the U.S. has signed the Berne
> Convention, the absence of a copyright notice does not mean something is
> public domain.  If Borland has explicitly put the program into the public
> domain, ok.  Otherwise, posting it would violate their copyright.  Don't do
> it.

Borland MicroCalc is (c) Borland, but is freely redistributable for non-
commercial purposes.  I will ask them (again) for a formal word of approval
or disapproval..

Fred.