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From: bbaker@cadsys.UUCP (William Baker)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac,net.sources.mac,net.micro
Subject: Re: Pirated VersaTerm Hits the Net
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Date: Thu, 6-Jun-85 11:51:11 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  6 11:51:11 1985
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> I just saw a posting in "net.sources.mac" that is a blatant, illegal,
> pirated version of my Copyrighted Version 1.00 of VersaTerm.  The poster was:
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> By editing the "About VersaTerm..." dialog (using FEdit and ResEdit I suppose)
> this person replaced my Copyright notice, my picture and my name with 
> his name, Company (logo?) and a plea for $75 to be sent to his address.
> Everything else is MY VERSATERM!!
> 
> Our (Peripherals C&S) lawyers have been informed and legal action will no 
> doubt be brought against both Mr. Crandall and Reed College.
> 
> If this fraud has posted this illegal program to other networks (CompuServe...)
> I would appreciate you honest netter's out there to pass this note on.
> 
> I still can't believe it!!!
> 
> Lonnie R. Abelbeck
> ihnp4!rduxb!lra


Lonnie and other readers:
	I am surprised that Professor Crandall has not replied yet,
but I suspect he either has and I have not seen the item yet, or
else he is desperately trying to figure out what has happened.  Let
me state up front that I am 99% sure that *he* was not responsible
for the posting of the perverted Versaterm.
	I just graduated from Reed and while I don't know Professor
Crandall well, I know that he has no reason to pirate software.  To
wit, he is independently wealthy, so much so that it is a matter of
record that he does not even accept a salary from the college.
Also, his company (Metaresearch) makes GriffinTerm, GriffinText,
and is developing the Rascal software package.  THERE IS NO LOGICAL
REASON FOR HIM TO PIRATE SOFTWARE!
	I also know that we Reedies are a warped lot and it would
not surprise me to learn that someone had edited the Versaterm 
resources and posted the software under the Physics Super User's
login.  Professor Crandall is also known for his capacity to
antagonize people and this could easily be the work of a
vendetta-minded student.  He also has a habit of leaving himself
logged-in for days at a time and someone could have gotten at his
account that way, or else just broken system security on the VAX.
It has happened a number of times before at Reed.
	No doubt Professor Crandall is currently consulting with
his lawyers and desperately trying to figure out what has happened.
Even as I write I have gotten mail from a friend at Reed noting
that someone has pulled a fast one on Richard.  Let me say again,
don't blame this on him or on Reed.  It's a damned good school with
a voluntary honor code that is respected and adhered to by the vast
majority of students.  Reed is also considered to be one of the
most dynamic of the Apple consortium schools and Professor Crandall
is one of the major forces behind Reed's Five Year Plan.  It is
extremely unlikely that he would do something so dumb.

					Bill Baker
					intelca!cadsys!bbaker