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From: francis@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu (RD Francis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SuperLaserSpool 2.01df in comp.binaries.mac
Keywords: Is this legal?
Message-ID: <77757@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 1 Mar 90 15:22:11 GMT
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In article <1206@swbatl.UUCP> george@swbatl.UUCP (6544) writes:
>I've noticed that SuperLaserSpool 2.01df has just come down the pipe
>of comp.binaries.mac.  Isn't SuperLaserSpool 2.0 a product of 
>SuperMac Software?
>
>There is a trademark symbol by the words SuperLaserSpool in the
>documentation, but there is not mention of copyright, an author's
>name, or a publisher's name.
>
>I tried installing the program to see if this information was
>available, but I can't get it to work on my IIcx running 6.04.
>
>What I really want to know is why a commercial product (if it
>really is) was posted to comp.binaries.mac.  Could someone
>explain?

SuperMac sells DataFrame hard drives.  When you purchase a DataFrame,
you get a number of programs that SuperMac also sells.  These programs
are specially written, so that they only work *if you have a DataFrame
hard drive* on your system.  These programs include SuperLaser Spool,
SuperSpool, DiskFit, and SuperMac's disk management software (Manager,
which was posted immediately prior to SLS).  The DataFrame only
versions of these software packages are labelled with a df at the end
of the version number.  Upgrades to these packages are free to all
DataFrame users, and can be posted to national networks, etc. because
*only* DataFrame users can do anything with them (hence, you inability
to run the software).  This is essentially the same as including such
items as updater programs for Suitcase II, Pyro, or After Dark in
c.b.m, a practice which has been going on for a long time now.

Quick aside -- I, for one, have noticed that the log-jam Roger Long
(c.b.m moderator) has been experiencing seems to have finally broken,
for the time being.  We are getting several items coming through c.b.m
every day.  I just wanted to express my appreciation to Mr. Long for
his efforts on our behalf


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R David Francis   francis@cis.ohio-state.edu