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From: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Is Edit 2.0 free to copy?
Summary: Nope!  Buy it from Consolair
Message-ID: <404@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 8 Aug 88 13:48:41 GMT
References: <379@mace.cc.purdue.edu> <14038@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
Reply-To: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP (John O'Malley)
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In article <14038@comp.vuw.ac.nz> alex@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Alex Heatley) writes:
>In article <> ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (I) write:
> >
> >Question:  Is Edit 2.0 by Consulair and Apple a program that's distributable
> >in the public domain?  Or is it commercial or part of a commercial package?
> >
> >The program is a simple text editor that does its job well.  I need to know
> >if it's legal to make copies of it and use it.  Or better, I need to know
> >if it can be purchased, presuming it's not PD.
>
>I asked this question about three months ago. I received a resounding silence.
>I, also would be interested in the answer. 
>Alex Heatley
>Domain: alex@rata.vuw.ac.nz

I received mail from a couple of people, including someone from Apple, who
both said that Edit 2.1 (the newer version) is definitely NOT public domain or 
distributable.

That presented me with a problem:  find another text editor that is about as
easy to use as Edit is, about the level of power that Edit is... this actually
isn't all that easy a task!  So I called Consulair, and they offered to sell
Edit to me (or rather, my collegue who's thinking about using it on 20 Macs)
as a stand-alone product rather than part of the Consulair Development 
package, which is what it normally comes in.

So, ifya want to use Edit but you don't own their development system, give
'em a call!  They seem willing to make deals.


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