Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uwmcsd1!lakesys!mikes From: mikes@lakesys.UUCP (Mike Shawaluk) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Status report on PKWare Message-ID: <1121@lakesys.UUCP> Date: 18 Oct 88 12:51:23 GMT References: <362@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> Reply-To: mikes@lakesys.UUCP (Mike Shawaluk) Organization: Lake Systems - Milwaukee, WI Lines: 32 In article <362@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> jbrown@jato.UUCP (Jordan Brown) writes: > >Possession of source code does not mean that you have the rights to >resell software based on that source code. The copyright still applies. > >(I haven't decided which side I'm on in the PK-wars, but this is a common >misconception. Too many people think that if you distribute source code >you are giving an unlimited redistribution license, and it just ain't so. >This is a real pain for those of us who would like more products available >in source form.) I agree with you technically; however, Phil's intent on supplying the aforementioned source code fragments (note that it wouldn't be a complete program, but just the structures, key subroutines and the like) would be expressly for use in creating programs on other systems by independent 3rd parties, and he would in all likelyhood either (a) *NOT* copyright the fragments that he distributed, or (b) place them in the public domain, or (c) include a disclaimer or some such legal verbage giving the appropriate permissions, etc., or (d) some combination of the above. I'm not Phil's official mouthpiece on this item, but he has asked me to respond to questions of this nature (sort of) to the best of my ability, and to provide direct feedback to him, as he doesn't make it onto UseNet very often. BTW, it's probably already been said here before, but anyone desiring to leave Phil direct feedback can either leave a message here, or can EMAIL to me (see my address at the end of the message), or can call Phil's BBS at 414-352-7176 (yes, it's PC-Pursuitable through WIMIL), 2400-N-8-1 (the board's been pretty busy lately, though...). If you leave a message or EMAIL here, I'll forward it to Phil electronically, and eventually (given all the turnarounds) re-post here or return EMAIL. -- - Mike Shawaluk (...!uunet!uwmcsd1!lakesys!mikes)