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From: carolyn@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: PD Boot Disks
Message-ID: <1891@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-May-87 12:47:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1891
Posted: Mon May 18 12:47:44 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 19-May-87 04:06:23 EDT
References: <504@myrias.UUCP> <1868@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> <1541@cadovax.UUCP> <2142@hoptoad.uucp> <709@unccvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 41
Keywords: boot copyright

In article <709@unccvax.UUCP> innes@unccvax.UUCP (Norm Innes) writes:
>In article <2142@hoptoad.uucp>, farren@hoptoad.uucp (Mike Farren) writes:
>> In article <1541@cadovax.UUCP> keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) writes:
>> > In article <1868@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP writes:
>> > > I'd like to clarify a legal issue here.  Files from the WorkBench disk
>> > > may not be distributed on shareware or freeware or in any publicly
>> > > redistributable manner. The contents of the Workbench disk is copyrighted.
>> >
>> > This is still a bit fuzzy in my mind.  Does that mean you can do an
>> > 'install' on a newly formatted disk without obtaining a license or not?
>>
>> Of course you can.  What you can't do is to sell or (strictly) give that disk
>> to the public.
>
>Carolyn's remarks refer to the distribution of *files* from the WorkBench disk.
>Consider the case, for example, where a number of public domain picture files, 
>along with a suitable display program, are copied to a newly formatted disk.
>If you then run the install command to install that disk (without copying any
>WorkBench files) you can boot the disk and run the display program from the
>default CLI that appears.  You can't do a LoadWB, of course, since you don't
>have the necessary files on that disk, nor do you have any of the usual CLI
>commands at your disposal.  You can, however, add a suitable startup command
>file (s/startup-sequence) so the disk will boot and then automatically run the
>display program. 
>
>It appears that this would satisfy many of the needs for bootable PD disks
>without infringing on copyrighted WorkBench files.


Sorry, but it won't work.  A boot disk needs the L directory handlers and
disk-validator.  Probably also needs quite a bit of what's in DEVS:.

[ Sorry about the long quote and the short answer.  Take some of my previous
  long answer and make believe it's here ]

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