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- From: mark@mugwump.mil.wi.us (Mark C. Litscher)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: 2.04 Includes
- Message-ID: <mark.01d4@mugwump.mil.wi.us>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 02:44:19 GMT
- Article-I.D.: mugwump.mark.01d4
- 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> <mykes.09xw@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG>
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- In article <mykes.09xw@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG> mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) writes:
- >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.
- >
- >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 |
- >
- >Amiga programmer of: GRn, MailMinder, Budokan, Beyond Dark Castle, Dark Castle
- >Mike Schwartz (ames!zorch!amiga0!mykes or mykes@amiga0.sf-bay.org)
-
- Why not put a disclaimer in the headers that say 'if this package was d/l'ed from
- a official C= source (BBS, FTP site, whatever) then they are the true headers.
- If not, then we are not responsible for any changes made by anyone.' Kind
- of like getting Shareware programs from a few 'author specified/author
- supported' FTP sites.
-
- Mark
-
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