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Are they trying to steal our work?
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Richard Broekman (R.J.H.A.Broekman@kub.nl) on 12-Sept-94:
Can you guarantee me that TSR will _never_ sell my material to
others? Or at least that they won't sell it without working out
an agreement with me?
TSR's Net Representative, Rob Repp (mobius@Mercury.mcs.com)
I'm not authorized to make that guarantee unilaterally.
However, I can tell you that the intent we had when we started
working with MPGNet was not to derive revenue from that site.
Kendall Bullen (kendall.bullen@his.com)
"Fascinating," in the word of Mr. Spock. . . . So he's
admitting that (a) they might sell netters' stuff, and (b) their
intentions might change at any time. (Not that they *will* or
their intentions *will*change*, however leaving the door open
means you can always walk through it if you want to.)
TSR's Net Representative, Rob Repp (mobius@Mercury.mcs.com)
No, I'm "admitting" nothing. I'm saying that I'm not
authorized to make any decisions about what we sell or don't
sell. If I intimate that I DO make those decisions, I'll have to
deal with complaints from product managers, etc. My intent is to
get as close to saying it without actually saying it as I can.
For a straight answer, ask Tim Brown, Willard Martens, or Pres.
Lorraine Williams. They're able to make some calls about what
gets sold.
Further, I find it unlikely in the extreme that a company with
as sharp a legal team as ours is going to simply grab someone's
stuff and publish it without permission. I don't think that's
lawful, and I'm certain the legal people would mention it during
some meeting or other. :)
Larry Smith (larrys@pentagon.io.com) on 13-Sept-1994
Tell us about the balrog and the hobbits, again, Rob.