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From: ugthomas@sunybcs.UUCP (Timothy Thomas)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Your software rights are in danger
Message-ID: <2647@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 21-Dec-85 08:43:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 21 08:43:00 1985
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Reply-To: ugthomas@gort.UUCP (Timothy Thomas)
Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science
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 > 				  I completely resent the fact that under this
 >law, I cannot legally modify the programs I have purchased so that they will
 >RUN on my machine

I agree.  I feel if I have purchased some software, I should be able to
do anything I want with it provided that I do not distribute it to other
people.  I dont know of anything else in the world that you can buy which
prohibits your modification or destruction of it.  Modifying the programs
you purchase can not affect the distributer in any way as long as you are
the registered owner of it.  Sometimes I like to change simple text and
help screens in a program to make it easier to use and understand.  There
is no way anybody can prevent me from doing this.  If they want to take
the responsibility of making program modifications to suit every 
owners needs, then fine.  But no reasonable sized (even small) company can
afford the time and effort (obviously) to do this.

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