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From: rchampe@hubcap.UUCP (Richard Champeaux)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Version 1.3 is out!
Summary: is that a change of policy?
Message-ID: <3294@hubcap.UUCP>
Date: 19 Oct 88 18:36:05 GMT
References: <1229@raybed2.UUCP> <3274@hubcap.UUCP> <1825@eneevax.UUCP>
Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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In article <1825@eneevax.UUCP>, lbruck@eneevax.UUCP (Lewis S.Bruck) writes:
> In article <3274@hubcap.UUCP> rchampe@hubcap.UUCP (Richard Champeaux) writes:
> >
> >Although this sounds like pirating, my justification is that since I believe 
> >the kickstart disks are freely distributable, or at least I am allowed to make
> >as many copies for my own personal use as I want, copying it to eprom is
> >really no different than copying it to another disk.
> 
> Kickstart is by no means redistributable.  I just picked up my copy and was
> reading the licensing agreement ( I was bored ) and found out that C-A has
> a fairly rough set of requirements, namely only one copy of the disk(s).  I
> 
> Lewis Bruck


   Is this a change of policy?  I never bought 1.2, I copied it from a friend
(wish I hadn't, because I didn't get update information).  I was under the
impression at the time that the enhancer package specifically said that the
disks were freely distributable.  Of course, I could be grossly wrong :-)



Rich Champeaux
Clemson University