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From: izumi@violet.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Bitmaps to non-NeXT printers (was Re: Some Random NeXT Thoughts)
Keywords: NeXT Speculation Cost Future Marketing
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Date: 18 Apr 89 06:19:41 GMT
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In article <4707@umd5.umd.edu> feldman@umd5.umd.edu (Mark Feldman) writes:
>Exporting PostScript generated on the NeXT to other NeXTs (that's how remote
>printing is done), non-NeXTs, and non-NeXT printers is kosher, but doing the
>same with the bitmaps generated by DPS on the NeXT is not.
>
>Here is an excerpt from the ``NeXT Software License Agreement (Preliminary
>Software Releases)'' contained in the ``Read this first!'' booklet that
>comes with the NeXT:
>	...
>	You agree not to make use of the NeXT Preliminary Software, directly
>	or indirectly, to print bitmap images generated by the NeXT
>	Preliminary Software, or to generate fonts or typefaces, other than
>	on a single NeXT Computer in conjunction with a single NeXT computer.

I don't see anything in this excerpt which prevents us from
transmitting bitmaps generated by DSP to elsewhere for viewing or
printing.  Are you sure of your interpretation?

I hope you don't see anything wrong with photocopying NeXT generated
page in thousands, and distributing them to other people.
How is that differerent from transmitting bitmaps to the same people?

Izumi Ohzawa
izumi@violet.berkeley.edu