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- From: tribioli@arcetri.astro.it (Francesco Tribioli)
- Subject: Re: 2.04 Includes
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.144100.29361@arcetri.astro.it>
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- 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>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:41:00 GMT
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- In article <33245@cbmvax.commodore.com>, mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz) writes:
- |>
- |> 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.
-
- I don't understand this: you can keep your Copyright and distribute them like
- freeware software (see for example GNU foundation).
-
- |> 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.
-
- $100 is not so little fee for a single user. It's a good fee for a compiler
- vendor but not for a single user. Then I don't want to buy a new compiler
- every time you change the operating system. Also is quite impossible to have a
- decent assistance here in Europe from C= (I don't know in US, is it better?)
- and so get this damned header files.
-
- |> It is that simple, with no ill-feelings or dark-side-of-the-force reasoning
- |> that many keep on claiming.
- |>
-
- Seems to me too very simple, for this reason I can't understand why C= go in
- the opposite direction of every logical conclusion, and the only answer I can
- give to me is tha some "ill-feelings or dark-side-of-the-force reasoning" ARE to
- the base of this.
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