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From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: ftp.apple.com & System 7.0
Message-ID: <52874@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 14 May 91 22:01:47 GMT
References: <52840@apple.Apple.COM> <1991May14.163938.7853@potomac.ads.com>
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In article <1991May14.163938.7853@potomac.ads.com> jtn@potomac.ads.com (John T. Nelson) writes:
>
>This is very cool, thanks Apple for allowing 7.0 to be FTP'd from an
>Internet machine.  I would like to suggest that some of the large FTP
>sites like SUMEX and ORST.CS, WUSTLE and others FTP the 7.0 stuff to
>THEIR  machines as well so that there can be many points of
>distribution.  I suspect there will be so many people clamoring for
>FTP/7.0 that no one will have reliable access to it.
>
>So look, unless it screws up Apple's licencing agreements and other
>lagalities what do you say we let the big archive sites have 7.0 first
>huh?

Currently it is ILLEGAL to redistribute Apple's copyrighted software
via electronic means without a license from SW.LICENSE@APPLELINK.APPLE.COM.

Most user groups should have System 7.0 and several large BBS systems
will also be getting it.  As soon as we can work out a license, we'll recommend
several other internet sites to licensing to see if we can make this happen,
but until then, it is not permitted by law.

(This posting is brought to you by those of use concerned with Apple not
losing its copyrights) :-)

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