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From: mhamaoka@athena.mit.edu (Michael T Hamaoka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple IIgs Dealer Demo
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Date: 24 Feb 88 05:16:32 GMT
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   I would like to reply to Doug Gwyn's comment on the conversation we've been
having on the board.  He says (about the Apple IIgs Dealer Demo), that he has
a legitimately obtained copy and that it is marked with a copyright notice.
I agree that posting the demo on a BBS would be inappropriate mainly because
of the size of the program, but I don't see how any copyright violations
are being made by sharing copies among other users because of Apple's
attitude concerning the demo program.

   Apple owns the copyright to the program and they have been very cooperative
in letting users copy it.  I wrote a letter to Apple to find out their
position on the matter, and I received the following reply:

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Dear Mr. Hamaoka,

   We received your letter, inquiring about a demonstration program for the
Apple IIgs.

   This was a demo disk distributed to our network of authorized Apple dealers
for their in-store use and we do not have copies for public distribution.

   However, we might suggest that you contact your Apple dealer and inquire
if he would be willing to make a copy for you.

   We appreciate your interest in Apple and your continuing support of our
products.


Sincerely,

Marion McDonald
Customer Relations Specialist
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   I hope this cleared things up a bit.  I an not at all trying to encourage
piracy, just legal sharing of a benchmark in programming history.

----M. Hamaoka (mhamaoka@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)