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From: ke2y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Long Live Macintalk!
Message-ID: <3593.25f78a85@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 9 Mar 90 14:50:45 GMT
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In article <1990Mar9.024332.495@Neon.Stanford.EDU>, kaufman@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman) writes:
> 
> So what's MacNosy? Chopped liver?  Of course you have enough source.  Unless
> Apple doesn't want to (or can't because of contract reasons) look at it.
> 
> Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu)

  Excuse me, but if I understand you correctly, you are implying that MacinTalk
should be disassembled/reverse-compiled by someone (Apple?) so that a bug-fix
can be made to allow it to work with System 7.

  Generally, most licensing agreements specifically prohibit disassembly and
reverse-compilation of the code (and generally do not allow ANY modifications
to the code at all).  As an end-user of this product, typically you are also
bound to this agreement that Apple apparently signed.

  Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong in any of these assumptions.

  Considering the legal battles that everyone seems to be getting into these
days, I know I'm more than a bit hesitant in playing around with this. 

                                               --John

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