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From: ccoprrd@pyr.gatech.EDU (Richard Dervan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PLANETS.COM
Message-ID: <5045@pyr.gatech.EDU>
Date: 20 Feb 88 14:46:43 GMT
References: <4435@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>
Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
Lines: 24
Summary: Probably not pirated....

In article <4435@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>, tknight@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (T.Knight - Computing Services) writes:
> 
>    A few days ago someone was asking for source to PLANETS.COM that was
> posted recently. I just ran PLANETS through CHK4BOMB and found a
> "Copyright 1985 Borland Inc." message in it. When you invoke PLANETS
> it displays the message "PLANETS V3.0 is a Public Domain Program". Looks
> like someone's doing a little piracy.
>  

How do you come to the conclusion that it is DEFINITLY PIRATED SOFTWARE?
Unless I'm very badly mistaken, Borland compilers (as well as others)
leave a copyright message in the exacutable code.  I guess it's just to
let you know "Hey, this guy/girl used our compiler!".  I wouldn't really
worry about it.  
-Richard


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