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From: jpn@teddy.UUCP (John P. Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ZOO availability (was: A Short History of Arching on Micros)
Message-ID: <5107@teddy.UUCP>
Date: 12 Oct 88 21:49:02 GMT
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Reply-To: jpn@teddy.UUCP (John P. Nelson)
Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass.
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>John, Rahul has stated >repeatedly< that the only restriction he requires is 
>that the >latest version< of ZOO not be posted on C$erve.
>
>Although, Rahul, to avoid this kind of confusion, I would recommend you 
>drop the restriction as well.

Please, Rahul, remove the restriction!

I find the ZOO restriction very confusing, because the restrictions in
earlier versions (which are imbedded in the documentation and executable)
have been superceded in the documentation for later versions!  This is
silly:  I cannot know if I can freely distribute the version I HAVE until
I first check to see if there is a newer version first!

And, in fact, if I AM bound to redistribute only non-latest versions
of zoo, then I am forced to distribute a version which has an obsolete
copyright notice in it!  Now, not only am I confused, but everyone who
received a copy of ZOO through me is also confused, because I am not
allowed to distribute the latest version which contains the up-to-date
copyright!

Rahul, at LEAST re-release zoo version xxx which is freely distributable
with the CORRECT copyright notice (i.e. that it is freely distributable)
so that I can distribute it without confusion!  Even better:  remove this
SILLY restriction - what is your gripe against Compu$erve, anyhow?

-- 
     john nelson

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