Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!rochester!udel!burdvax!emerald!dave From: dave@emerald.PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Moebius patch (deprotection) and warning Message-ID: <10163@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> Date: 4 May 89 17:02:45 GMT References: Sender: news@PRC.Unisys.COM Organization: Unisys Corporation, Paoli Research Center; Paoli, PA Lines: 31 In article al1f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Andy A. Le> You have just brought yourself a lawsuit with your "Meobius patch >(deprotection) and warning" message. How? First, publically you admitted >that you 'alternated' the Moebius source code without written permission of >the author. Such alternation is in DIRECT violation of the copyright law. Please don't waste bandwidth unless you have at least *some* idea of what you're talking about. According to the above, I can't even make notes in a book I have bought. This is just plain silly. >Second, it would be extremely easy for any lawyer to prove that your message >causes Moebius's author to loose sale on the software. How? by producing witness who swear that this message caused them to steal the software? > It is perfectly legal to express your experiences with Moebius (and its >author company), but to post deprotection procedures is down right ILLEGAL, >irresponsible, and stupid. Think twice next time you decide to boast... Um, er, wasn't there some law or another about "freedom of speech"? No? Oh--sorry. > >Andy A. Lee >al1f@andrew.cmu.edu -- Dave Matuszek (dave@prc.unisys.com) -- Unisys Corp. / Paoli Research Center / PO Box 517 / Paoli PA 19301 -- Any resemblance between my opinions and those of my employer is improbable. ** Fusion now! Remember the Exxon Valdez! **