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Newsgroups: alt.sources,comp.dcom.modems,comp.protocols.misc
Path: wupost!gumby!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!nmtigw!peter
From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Other Unix Zmodems (was Re: zmtx/zmrx, plagiarized zmodem implementation)
Message-ID: <id.PWQB1.WOF@nmti.com>
Sender: peter@nmti.com (peter da silva)
Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI
References: <31f3vq$65e@vespucci.iquest.com> <CtsLoD.3on@omen.COM> <31gkbu$j6@vespucci.iquest.com> <CttswA.83n@omen.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 1994 17:20:22 GMT
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Xref: wupost alt.sources:11082 comp.dcom.modems:65534 comp.protocols.misc:3538
In article <CttswA.83n@omen.com>, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX <caf@omen.COM> wrote:
> With all the flack I've gotten for not putting all my work in the
> public domain I have a right to point out the hypocrisy in such
> attacks.
Very few people have been giving you flack about not putting your work in
the public domain. They are giving you flak about playing games with the
status of your work, such as redefining common terms so people are led to
believe that your program is being distributed similarly to Kermit rather
than being a simple promotional giveaway to get people to buy Pro-YAM.
There's nothing *wrong* with distributing demo software. The problem is
advertising it as something like ordinary freeware* when you do. If you just
said "this is shareware, but if you buy Pro-YAM (etc) the license to use it
with Pro-YAM (etc) is built in" you'd avoid 90% of the flames.
And you still haven't answered my question: is it OK to use rzsz to talk to
rzsz?
--
* "something like ordinary freeware" includes the GPL, "non-commercial use"
licenses, the Berkeley license, and the Kermit license... all of which
allow hobbyists to use it for their own purposes at no charge. If you
don't allow that use, then what you're selling is one way or another
some variant of shareware: demo software with varying degrees of latitude
in how much you can use it before paying for it.
--
Peter da Silva `-_-'
Network Management Technology Incorporated 'U`
1601 Industrial Blvd. Sugar Land, TX 77478 USA
+1 713 274 5180 "Hast Du heute schon Deinen Wolf umarmt?"