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From: andy@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: PD Boot Disks
Message-ID: <1928@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 26-May-87 11:07:51 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1928
Posted: Tue May 26 11:07:51 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 28-May-87 02:20:19 EDT
References: <1541@cadovax.UUCP> <917@killer.UUCP>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <917@killer.UUCP> elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green) writes:
>in article <1541@cadovax.UUCP>, keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) says:
>> In article <1868@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS) writes:
>BY PERMISSION OF PARSEC RESEARCH*, by the way -- I called them when I found the
>bad disk, and mentioned that my friend had it.
(well, asking for permission puts it into a whole different ball game...)
>
>So what's the big deal?
>
>As a software author myself, and copyright holder on a couple of
>semi-commercial programs, I am quite aware of problems of piracy etc. However,
>I fail to see any problem here, since the only company making the Amiga is
>Commodore, and thus the Workbench wouldn't do anybody else any good. Oops, I
>forget. It WOULD be useful for programmers to be able to put the Workbench on
>their disks.... oh dear, it's useful, how much can we rip.... err.... charge
>them for it? (snicker snicker).
If you're selling your program (not sharewaring it) there's no problem.
There is an inexpensive Workbench license available.
(and I'm sure we'll be able to work out the non-comercial stuff)


A bit of friendly advice, from one programmer to another...Eric, don't
you ever let one of your programs be involved in a royalty situation.  
You'd lose your shirt. :-)
(think about it)

Yes, lawyers, laws, and contracts can complicate our lives.
But there are some issues here that need to be worked out.
>Eric Green   elg%usl.CSNET     CS student, University of SW Louisiana
			andy finkel
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