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From: danr@ais.org (Daniel Romanchik)
Subject: PC-SIG (Was: Re: SCRAM10.ZIP Scramble...)
Message-ID: <G03B=?$@irie.ais.org>
Sender: danr@ais.org
Organization: UMCC, Ann Arbor, MI
References: <1991Apr16.200713.26358@uwasa.fi>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1991 00:30:07 GMT

In article <1991Apr16.200713.26358@uwasa.fi> ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:
>There is one major catch, which must be made clear here.  The
>Scrabble documentation file says: "PC-Sig is the only shareware
>distributor [that] is authorized to carry version 1.0 of Scramble in
>the United States".  This international FTP distribution system is
>making rules like this more than a bit problematic and clearly
>obsolete (recall the much discussed case of pkzip encryption). 
>Since garbo.uwasa.fi is situated in Europe, I'll make the file
>available or our archives.  But for the record I have to ask the US
>users strictly to observe the stated statute, and not to download
>this file from us, _or_ whatever the proper legalities dictate over
>there.  (What else could I do, than to append this disclaimer!)
>
Isn't this defeating the purpose of shareware?  BTW, is there an on-line
catalog for PC-SIG anywhere?

Regards, Dan  (danr@ais.org)