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From: oz@yetti.UUCP (Ozan Yigit)
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Subject: Status of PROFF (in case it is confusing)
Message-ID: <308@yetti.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 18-Jan-86 20:07:52 EST
Article-I.D.: yetti.308
Posted: Sat Jan 18 20:07:52 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jan-86 22:25:54 EST
Reply-To: oz@yetti.UUCP (Ozan Yigit)
Organization: York University Computer Science
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Keywords: PROFF, roff, text formatting

I received several messages about the status of PROFF. Perhaps
my initial note was somewhat confusing:

o PROFF is written by myself, year-and-a-half ago, by first
translating Software TOols FORMAT from RATFOR to C. It was
written specifically to supplement the microcomputer environment
established in the Faculty of Administrative Studies, York U.

o Upon some discussion with the Admin. Studies, we decided to
release it to the world, without a copyright notice. This would
make PROFF Public Domain.

o At the same time, sources were handed over to them, for their
own maintenance. They are likely to make some changes, improve
it, and hack it to suit their needs.

o Future revisions of PROFF, as generated by The Faculty of
Administrative Studies may contain York University COPYRIGHT.
[that is a big MAYBE]. I do not think that would mean much,
since we would distribute it in source level anyway.

o If you want to make money out of PROFF, go right ahead.
[I think, by the time you are finished, you would have
done a major re-write anyway. So you perhaps deserve to
make some money out of it :-)].

I hope that this note clerifies PROFF's status, in case
you are not sure.

Oz



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