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From: stuckey@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Anthony J. Stuckey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Rom3
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.054454.24122@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 18 Jun 91 05:44:54 GMT
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unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes:
>In article <1991Jun18.034721.17665@cs.uow.edu.au> u9050728@cs.uow.edu.au (Shane Kelvin Richards) writes:
>>	A question reguard legalities. A few have mentioned about throwing
>>ROM3 Chips in a ROM1 GS via a card. And, Matt and Andy have cautioned us
>>(correctly) about how the ROM3 Chips are NOT sold seperately. But what 
>>about the situation (like my own), where I own 2 GS's. One is a older
>>ROM1 and the second is a ROM3. Am I legally entitled to copy my ROM3 and
>>insert them (using the modification) into my older GS.
>	I am very very inclined to give a no answer to that question, although
>I can't think of reasons.

I would assume this to be ROM upgrade, and subject to whatever Apple's
policies are.  I see _no_ difference between copying the roms yourself
and doing this, and getting the proper channel stuff from  Apple.
*other people disagree with me on this, I know, I have argued with them in the
past.

>	However, you DEFINITELY could not sell that "ROM1" GS with the copied
>ROM 03 ROMs in it.

Seconded.  pristine stating is often the only legal way to deal with these
-- 
Anthony J. Stuckey
stuckey@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu