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From: bhv@igloo.Scum.COM (Bronis Vidugiris)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: ZMODEM
Keywords: zmodem file transfer cheapskates
Message-ID: <1194@igloo.Scum.COM>
Date: 4 Mar 89 16:17:10 GMT
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Reply-To: bhv@igloo.UUCP (Bronis Vidugiris)
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In an article whose reference I've unfortunately deleted, somebody says:
=Omen has spent lots of time developing the ZMODEM protocol, then released it
=to the PD (which is necessary for any protocol to gain acceptance).  But they
=have every right to expect payment if you choose to use their implementation.
=
=So, if the request for payment bothers you, SEND IT IN!  Or, if you prefer,
=grab the ZMODEM specs from any BBS and _write your own_.  (Which you will,
=I assume, release to the PD.)  If you can't find these specs, I'd be happy
=to mail them to you.
=
I don't feel like paying for DSZ, because of the problem I have with the
documentation.  I agree that the author has a right TO THE SPECIFIC CODE he
wrote - that's why I am looking for another implementation of the
protocol.  As a last resort, yes, I might well write my own implementation
of the protocol (and even post it to usenet) - but it seems likely to me
that this has already been done by someone else.  Why waste a lot of
time re-inventing the wheel?  Logically, it seems to me looking around for
another implementation (preferably, public domain{) is the right thing
for me to do.
-- 
bhv@igloo