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From: andy@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: PD Boot Disks / Posting of PD INSTALL program
Message-ID: <1919@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 22-May-87 17:18:23 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 22 17:18:23 1987
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Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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Keywords: Draco compiler shareware includes

In article <8705210803.AA16321@cogsci.berkeley.edu> bryce@COGSCI.BERKELEY.EDU (Bryce Nesbitt) writes:
>
>> [This person] comes in
>> periodically with bootable slideshow disks that he gives them for that
>> purpose.  I've heard this happens at other stores.  Apparently it is
>> technically illegal.  [goes on to talk about INSTALL]

<well, someone has to do it....>

First of all, let me set your mind at rest.  There really isn't a problem
with distributing disks that have had our 'Install' program run on them.
That was a case of people 'assuming'.  Its the files on the disk that
is the issue here.  (so, enough install programs already!)

Now that we've had to take official notice of the software distributed
on complete Workbench diskswe'll come up with something.  
(Does anyone know what the other computer companies in this situation do ?)

Obviously, there are several problems to be addressed; control, royalties,
etc.

our basic position is:  we want to
do as much as we can to encourage Amiga use.

So give us a little time to work something out.  
(probably shareware is going to be the most difficult, as a restriction
 to non-comercial copying without a Workbench license won't do for that.)
 (Actually, come to think of it, from what I hear from most shareware
  authors, a non-comercial restriction probably wil cover them :-)  )
 
Finally, you *can* (as everyone has pointed out) do a bootable disk
without any Workbench files at all.  You make your own startup sequence.
(and you can use system-configuration; I don't see any problem there)
As long as your disk is write protected, there's not even an excuse
for the validator to activate.  So the 'self-starting demo' problem
is non existent, anyway.  

			unofficially,
			andy finkel
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