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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
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Subject: Re: Unauthorized Sale of Redristributable Software
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Date: Sat, 1-Nov-86 20:48:39 EST
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	I've always wondered if it was possible to win a case such as this
in court without the use of a lawyer.  It seems to me that buying the product
from them and then simply entering that as proof (especially the fact that
your telephone and name are displayed without your permission!) would be
good enough.

	Along the same lines, another way to combat such companies is to
simply make it unprofitable for them to sell it...  Perhaps we could all
ban together and put in an add in AmigaWord along side the company's add
saying 'Hack V... etc... Public Domain and FREE'.  We would end up spending
very little and the company quite a bit (on their adds).

	Knowing this could happen all along, but now seeing it first hand,
I think I will start placing extremely explicit copyright notices on the
programs I send over PD.


BTW:	It is always good to have some sort of copyright notice embedded
in the code and displayed, but I get tired of programs which ALWAYS display
the (C) notice... instead, it should only be displayed when you give it 
wrong options, or no options, or in the 'version' command if it has one.
I get rather sick of Lattice's (C) notice's every time I compile something.
BLINK too.  

	This only applies to programs which do not have title screens.
When you have a title screen you always put your (C) notice there 
(it's no extra hassel for the user).


						-Matt