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- From: mwm@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us (Mike Meyer)
- Subject: Re: 2.04 Includes
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
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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> <1992Jul23.144100.29361@arcetri.astro.it>
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- Message-ID: <mwm.1an7@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 21:05:14 PST
- Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica
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- In <1992Jul23.144100.29361@arcetri.astro.it>, tribioli@arcetri.astro.it (Francesco Tribioli) wrote:
- > 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).
-
- Some people lawyers come up with different answers. Since the FSF
- started with the idea that they wanted to distribute for free, the
- answer they came up with shouldn't be surprising. As far as I know, no
- one has as yet tested their copyright/license, or any other case where
- someone allows unlimited redistribution while trying to maintain a
- copyright.
-
- In other words, only one of the two statements above is true, and
- nobody knows which.
-
- > |> 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.
-
- Reread that paragraph again, *especially* the prat about being able to
- order the includes - with machine readable autodocs, developes tools,
- and sample code - for $20. If you really want to develop for the
- Amiga, that's a bargain. If you just want to port non-GUI Unix/MS-DOS
- programs, you probably don't need anything more than what the compiler
- vendor gives you, even if they don't include the CBM includes.
-
- <mike
-