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From: drg@mdaali.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David Gutierrez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: $99 for System 7.0?!?
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Date: 1 May 91 22:47:56 GMT
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In article <1991Apr27.122406.6048@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> 
breidenb@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Oliver Breidenbach) writes:
> In article <51880@nigel.ee.udel.edu> smedley@udel.edu writes:
> >I've managed to keep out the the system 7 price wars, but I couldn't 
resist this one.  I have a copy of the license in front of me, and I see 
absolutely no mention of future releases.  I can't imagine any company 
granting rights for all future releases fo
> >r any software product.
> 
> Quote from APPLE UK Software License Agreement:
> 
> "1. LICENSE.
>   The application, demonstration and system software INCLUDING ANY 
UPDATES
>   thereto (the "Software") and related ducumentation are licensed to you 
by
>   Apple Computer UK Limited. ..."
> 
> That must be similar to the US license agreement...
> I believe it includes 7.0, right? Or is there something I missunderstand?

I got Apple's monthly mailing to user groups today. It says that all user 
groups that currently have licenses to distribute system software can 
expect to receive System 7.0 disks by the end of May at no charge. I guess 
most of them will distribute it for a nominal fee to cover costs of 
copying. This sounds like a cheap way to get System 7.0 if you don't want 
printed documentation or toll-free hand-holding from Apple.

David Gutierrez
drg@mdaali.mda.uth.tmc.edu

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