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Subject: Re: Smalltalk/V Decompiler
Message-ID: <15248@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: Sun, 1-Nov-87 15:46:07 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov  1 15:46:07 1987
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In article <57@ateng.UUCP> chip@ateng.UUCP (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
>In article <2490@mmintl.UUCP> franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) writes:
>>
>>I recently posted an article offering to send my Smalltalk/V [TM] decompiler
>>to anyone who wanted it.  I have since been contacted by Digitalk, who
>>threatened to take me to court if I proceeded.
>
>What pomposity and arrogance!

No kidding!  Does anyone have any idea how they could do that?  I
can't imagine what legal leg they'd have to stand on in court (except
that maybe they'd lose trade secret status of programs that people
decompiled into source).

>There is no question of violation of contract here.  Mr. Adams simply
>examined carefully the program he purchased, and he was about to assist
>the great body of Digitalk users by sharing the results of his examination.
>How sad that Digitalk wants to restrain their users in this way.

Right.

jim frost
madd@bucsb.bu.edu