By reading this newsgroup for two weeks, it seems I can read/post news
to usenet and do ftping by packet radio.(correct me if I'm wrong)
It make me very interested to setup packet radio if I can access
internet by radio instead of telephone line. I already ordered books
about packted-radio from ARRL(or ARL).
1. How can I have/apply a Internet connection with packet radio ?
I mean in Florida state.
2. Can I have Radio-Internet connetion in Asis (Taiwan) ?
I might go back to Taiwan after I finish my MS degree.
If I have positive answers I'll setup packet radio with my NeXT
computer( there will be a SoftPC for NeXT soon).
Thanks
Jing
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Date: 13 Feb 91 13:14:53 GMT
From: julius.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!boingo.med.jhu.edu!haven!ni.umd.edu!sayshell.umd.edu!louie@apple.com (Louis A. Mamakos)
Subject: Shareware over packet?
To: packet-radio@ucsd.edu
In article <1991Feb13.061842.15332@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) writes:
>If the software so much as suggests sending money to the author... then it
>is business. If the software is public domain and has no hint of such a
>suggestion, it might not be business. If it is being distributed for the
>purpose of hams to use, I see no problem with it whatsoever. If it is
>being distributed by some form of agreement (whether money is exchanged
>or not) then it is likely "business" in the legal sense that matters in
>this case.
This misses a very large amount of software; that which is most
definately NOT public domain software, but which carries a copyright
notices that limits the uses and further distribution of the software
to specific terms.
For example, Phil Karn's KA9Q software is not public domain and
carries a copyright notice to the effect that "you can't sell this
software or call it your own, but you can give it to anyone that you
want for free." Most of the software that I write carries a very
similar notice which prohibits the software from being included in a
commercial product without specific prior approval.
The larger problem, I suspect, is that most folks don't understand what
"Public Domain" really means, If they wanted to ensure that their
software got the widest possible distribution and didn't get gobbled up
by commerical products, they would attach a Copyright notice.