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From: t-jacobs@wasatch.utah.edu (Tony Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Macsbug 6.x
Message-ID: <1945@wasatch.utah.edu>
Date: 27 May 89 21:05:32 GMT
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In article <7687@saturn.ucsc.edu> alibaba@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Alexander M. Rosenberg) writes:
>At this point, I'd like to point out that ResEdit and MacsBug are
>available from several user groups. Apple advertises this fact.
>The user groups have to "license" them from Apple (similar methods
>go for the system disks). Apple even charges yearly licensing fees
>to the groups. Apparently, somebody inthe legal department thinks
>that Apple is better protected is the licensing involved a monetary
>transaction. This means that many of the poor non-profit user groups
>have to scrape up like $50 a year for each Apple thing they distribute.
>

I just received a letter from Apple which mentioned in it if our user group
couldn't afford the licensing fee to contact them and they would work something
out.  This came from their "quickconnect" newsletter to usergroups on page 3.
There's a little article titled "Obtainging System Software."  The article
also mentions that users groups can get a licence to make it available on
bulletin boards for a seperate licence of $50 per year for each Apple computer
family.

They give the Software Licensing Department number of (408)974-4667. They can
also be linked at SW.LICENSE on AppleLink.

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Tony Jacobs * Center for Engineering Design * UofU * t-jacobs@wasatch.utah.edu