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From: danield@pro-grouch.cts.com (Daniel Davidson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: BBS programs for the ][e/GS
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Date: 6 Feb 90 23:20:40 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from mitch@rbdc.UUCP

>Hmm...i recently downloaded a program called "MACOS" written by some "pirate"
>types, they totaly re-wrote acos and added lots of stuff 64 security flags
>instead of 40, drive specifiers a-z instead of a-m or whatever...but it
>uses iigs memory for the editor and various other things..if anybody wants it
>(its public domain) let me know...its a WHOLE lot better than acos....
>it also has a BUNCH of new commands...and uses the 64k extended emmeory of a
>.//e,c,iigs....

It was not a complete re-write. The fellow who "wrote" it, took ACOS, and
modified it. He did add arrays, support for long integers, and fix all of the
known bugs, And add prodos path name support, but he did not write it from
scratch. As it stands it is a dirivitive work of ACOS, and as such is in
violation of U.S. Copyright. L&L Productions threatened to Sue the person who
redid ACOS into MACOS is he continued to distribute it. If you want more info
you can get it on the L&L Suport BBS, but I degres.
 
The point of all this is that MACOS is *NOT* public domain.
 
Daniel
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