Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!jordan
From: jordan@Apple.COM (Jordan Mattson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Macsbug 6.x
Message-ID: <31655@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 25 May 89 20:24:02 GMT
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Dear Jeff -
	Unfortunatly, your assumption is incorrect.  MacsBug is available from
the various electronic servinload for your own use.  You are not allowed
to redistribute it.
	There is a basic misconception about MacsBug, ResEdit, and other
software from Apple that they are Public Domain.  They are not.  They are
software that is licensed to individuals to use.  And since they are licensed
to individuals, we have to know who those individuals are.  Therefore, it
has to be downloaded from an electronic service that can display the correct
license agreement and make a record of your name and the software that you
downloaded.  These are all requirements of the US Copyright office.  That
is why you do not see Apple software posted to the net and why it is not
kosher for you to give your friends a copy of MacsBug or ResEdit.



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