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From: jmsellens@watrose.UUCP (John M Sellens)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: 'Make' for the PC (includes a minor flame) - CLARIFICATION
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Date: Wed, 4-Jul-84 01:55:31 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  4 01:55:31 1984
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I would like to make a clarification to my previous article.

The person that I originally sent the "informative" (?) mail messages
to concerning my make suggested that my article might cause some
people to get the wrong impression about what caused my little
outburst.  In my article I mentioned his company, Exxon Office Systems.

Exxon had nothing to do with my outburst.  My minor dealings with
Exxon Office Systems and its employees have been entirely to
my satisfaction and I am sure that Exxon is a fine and reputable company.
I in no way intended to suggest that Exxon was anything less than that.
In my original article, I did not think that anyone would draw that
conclusion, or I would have eliminated the reference.  I apologize
for my oversight.


The article that "set me off" contained a couple of phrases that I
really didn't take very kindly to:

>                           If anyone needs the sources, send me mail. If
> enough people want it, I might repost it.  ...  If you want it
> but don't have DeSmet C, let me know. We can work something out.

It bothered me that a person that had never even bothered to let me
know that he appreciated my kindness and hard work was saying such
things.    "I might repost it"  and  "We can work something out" .
I was annoyed that someone else was saying such things about MY code,
and a program that *I* OWN, that I had slaved over, and that *I* had
been kind enough to post in the first place!  One might imagine (well I
did anyway) that "We can work something out" might imply some sort of
monetary consideration.  Needless to say, if that were the case I would
be very annoyed, and would do whatever I could to "rectify" the
situation.  (You may recall a phrase in the code specifying that only
"non-commercial" distribution was authorized.  You may also recall a
prominently featured copyright notice.)  I have always enjoyed
causing trouble.

Of course, I have no evidence that the poster of that article had
any such motives or that his morals, etc. were less than admirable.
I have sent him two mail messages very recently, so any responses
from him may be "in the mail".

I may be over-reacting (small understatement there).  Please excuse
my outbursts. I have always beleived in giving credit where credit is due.

John M Sellens
UUCP:  watmath!watrose!jmsellens
CSNET: jmsellens%watrose@waterloo.csnet
ARPA:  jmsellens%watrose%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa
Disclaimer:  I am a student, not an employee.  The above diatribe is
entirely my own and is not intended to reflect in any way upon the
University of Waterloo.