Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!gatech!udel!burdvax!ubbpc!wgh From: wgh@ubbpc.UUCP (William G. Hutchison) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PC Tech Journal Dies Summary: Who inherits the source code? Message-ID: <579@ubbpc.UUCP> Date: 20 Mar 89 14:13:47 GMT References: <1826@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu> <377@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM> <9490@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Distribution: na Organization: Unisys UNIX Portation Center, Blue Bell, PA Lines: 26 In article <9490@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>, kinoshir@beasley.CS.ORST.EDU (Richard Kinoshita - UCS) writes: > I asked a representative of Ziff-Davis both of these questions at NetWorld. > He said that 1) Yes, PC Tech Journal is being discontinued, but all the > information that used to be in PCTJ would now be folded into PC Magazine > (yea right). And, 2) He said they would be giving current subscribers a > choice of a refund on the balance of their subscription or a choice of either > PC Mag or PC Computing. > But who gets the source code that was published in the magazine? It is still copyrighted (I presume by Ziff-Davis), so do not break the law by posting it to Usenet. But where will the PC Tech Journal BBS go? inews fodder inews fodder inews fodder -- Bill Hutchison, DP Consultant rutgers!cbmvax!burdvax!ubbpc!wgh Unisys UNIX Portation Center P.O. Box 500, M.S. B121 Jacobites unite: Scotland Free in '93!! Blue Bell, PA 19424