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From: alu@erc3ba.UUCP (Alan Lustiger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: VI clone copyright status
Message-ID: <357@erc3ba.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 2-Nov-87 13:00:45 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  2 13:00:45 1987
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References: <1028@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
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In article <1028@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> rjchen@phoenix.UUCP (Raymond Juimong Chen) writes:
>I have found a copy of a MS-DOS vi on a local bulletin board and am
>wondering what its copyright status is.  Its title screen is as
>follows:
>
>*** VI editor *** / by Striker! / Version 3.1p / 9/29/86 /
>Copyrite [sic] 1986 The StrikerCorp! Int'l
>
>It came with no documentation, so I am inclined to believe that
>it is indeed a commercial product.  Can anyone verify this?
>
I've seen it too, in my never ending quest for a PD version of VI.
It looked a little too familiar.

Striker, whoever he is, took a version of VI known as "Z" from
Manx Software. He substituted his name for that of the real author.
It is copyrighted and as far as I know illegal for
use unless you pay Manx for it or their Aztec C compiler.

I'm still breathlessly awaiting the version to be posted here...

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