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From: jwhitnel@csi.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacRISK has escaped
Message-ID: <1405@csib.csi.UUCP>
Date: 10 Feb 88 19:36:09 GMT
References: <22656@brunix.UUCP>
Reply-To: jwhitnel@csib.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell)
Organization: Communications Solutions Inc., San Jose, Ca
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In article <22656@brunix.UUCP> aje@brunix.UUCP (Tone Engel) writes:
|Surprise! Surprise! MacRISK has escaped. Those responsible for posting it to
|the net should have exercised more restraint. It was not public domain.

An important point to all software developers.  If a your program is not to
be distributed, put a message to that effect somewhere where everyone can
see it.  The About ... box is a good place, the opening screen is even better.
A copyright notice is also very important to help keep your rights.
Even if you are giving it just to friends to try out, friends "forget"
what you tell them. Since your MacRisk game had neither, it was assumed to
be in the public domain.  If you have to go to court for some reason,
it is always better to have dotted your i's and crossed your t's and a
copyright notice has both.  Most commerical networks and even some BBSs
will respect your notice and not redistribute if it the software has the
statement on the screen.  Remeber nobody can read your mind, but most
people read the about box at least once.

|...
|
|I am interested in hearing about compatibility problems etc. The existing
|version was never intended to be more than a demo. I'm surprised it runs under
|multi-finder and on the SE. It doesn't support color and the computer players
|are awful.

Doesn't work so well on the Mac II.  The problem is they change the 
value returned by GetWMgrPort (used to return a WindowPtr, on the MAC II
it returns a CWindowPtr).  Send me email if you need more details and/or
suggested fixes.

|
|-Tone Engel


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