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From: neil@mitsumi.UUCP (Neil Katin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: VDK:
Message-ID: <3221@mitsumi.UUCP>
Date: 8 Mar 88 18:17:50 GMT
References: <8802262108.AA01299@jade.berkeley.edu> <3416@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: neil@mitsumi.UUCP (Neil Katin)
Organization: Mitsumi Technology Inc
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>>give me a phone number of a BBS that has it , or send me
>> uuencoded ARC of it....
>>I have VD0: but i've heard that VDK: is better, still shareware,
>>and grows and contracts as files go into it....
>>
>   VDK: is *NOT* (and never was) ShareWare or Public Domain, it is a
>   commercial and copyrighted product. If you want to buy a copy contact
>   Expansion Technologies at 415/652-2890.
>
>>am i correct???
>>
>   You are now :-)
>>
>>Jonathan  P. Crone
>
>   Dan Schein		 uucp: {ihnp4|allegra|burdvax|rutgers}!cbmvax!schein


Almost right.  The real story about VDK (and I should know, because
I wrote it...) is that it is licensed to Expansion Technologies for
bundling with their ram board.  The don't really intend to distribute
it.  For a long time it has languished in legal limbo.  Within
the last few weeks I have cleared up who has rights to distribute
it.  The answer seems to be that we both do.

I'm working on a new version of VDK with some bug fixes, speed improvements,
and better memory allocation.  It should be available in about a month.

If you have a legal copy of VDK (and there are only about 400 of you
who do...) you should contact your distributor for an update.

If you WANT a legal copy, the price is $10, but I won't be sending
out any copies until the new release is ready (I only work on it
in my spare time).

If you want to know when it is ready, send a note to:

    Neil Katin
    102 Baintree Place
    Los Gatos, CA 95030