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From: leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: StuffIt 1.5 vs. 1.40B
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Date: 23 Aug 88 22:58:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!leonardr    Aug 23 17:58:00 1988


mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA(Mike Khaw) writes in comp.sys.mac

>I just downloaded StuffIt 1.5 and read the user's guide.  I notice that it
>now says that StuffIt is shareware, period.  (UnStuffIt 1.5 is still freeware).
>The user's guide for 1.40B says that if you only use it for UNstuffing,
>StuffIt 1.40B is freeware.  I personally only use StuffIt for unstuffing and
>unBinHexing, and I'd rather not have to use UnStuffIt AND BinHex 4.0 (because
>UnStuffIt doesn't do unBinHexing).
>
>So, my question is, is it really intended that StuffIt 1.5 is shareware, even
>if I use it only for unstuffing and unBinHexing?  If so, I won't use StuffIt
>1.5.
>
	I don't know offhand what the shareware status of Stuffit 1.5 is vs. it's
previous incarnations.  But I can tell you that you will have problems when
files start being posted  that were stuffed with 1.5.  The file format has
changed from 1.4 to 1.5 and if you are not using 1.5, forget reading the new
files!  I personally think the changes are WONDERFUL, especially the new
HMF - Heirarchically Maintained Folders!

(Disclaimer: My name appears in the Stuffit About box as I helped Ray out!)
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