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- From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: 2.04 Includes
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- Message-ID: <mykes.09xw@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG>
- References: <92195.144341TEW105@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Jul13.231757.18905@fwi.uva.nl> <32980@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1992Jul15.210128.3897@cs.UAlberta.CA> <33245@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
- Date: 22 Jul 92 20:38:56 PST
- Organization: Amiga makes it possible
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- In article <33245@cbmvax.commodore.com> mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz) writes:
- > ken@cs.UAlberta.CA (Huisman Kenneth M) writes:
- > [lots-o-stuff deleted]
- > >
- > >As someone who is *really* interested in knowing why this policy exists,
- > >who don't you guys stop dodging the question with "humorous" comments
- > >and actually answer? Do you HAVE an answer, or is there some reason
- > >C= doesn't want to tell us the answer to this?
- >
- > Well, it really is rather simple. In order to keep our Copyright and
- > ownership of the files and the data they contain, we need to do this.
- > The cost is very little ($100 flat fee) and the compiler vendor pays
- > this. The vendor can then sell as many as he wishes without paying us
- > any more. A user can also buy them from CATS (215-431-9180) as part
- > of the Native Developers Kit. We try our best to get the information
- > out there (the NDK is only $20 and includes more than just the includes)
- > but we do not wish to give up our rights on the files. It is that simple,
- > with no ill-feelings or dark-side-of-the-force reasoning that many keep
- > on claiming.
- >
-
- Why not sell the right to distribute the headers to compuserve, bix,
- and all the FTP sites that want to carry them then? Why not go out
- of your way to do it :) ?
-
- > /----------------------------------------------------------------------\
- > | /// Michael Sinz - Senior Amiga Systems Engineer |
- > | /// Operating System Development Group |
- > | /// BIX: msinz UUNET: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com |
- > |\\\/// |
- > | \XX/ Quantum Physics: The Dreams that Stuff is made of. |
- > \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
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