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- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 22:55:42 EST
- From: rpress@bizhost.wariat.org (Richard Pressl)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Rumor: Any Substance to It?
- Message-ID: <telecom12.907.1@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: CMDA, Euclid, OH
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 907, Message 1 of 11
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-
- Late today I heard of a rather disquieting occurance which I have
- every reason to beleive is true, and which has ominious implications
- for BBS Sysops who handle the new evaluation copy of Telix, contained
- in the archives: TLX320-1 thru 4.ZIP.
-
- A local Sysop was called by a person identifying himself as Jeff
- Woods, the new owner of deltaComm, the company which bought the rights
- to Telix. Woods informed the Sysop that the Telix files on his system
- violated the distribution agreement because the stored archives did
- not contain all the files, and the AV stamp distributed in the
- original. Woods further warned the Sysop that he, Woods, would bring
- legal action against the BBS if the copies were not removed.
-
- Since I was the person who uploaded the archives, minutes after
- getting it from the deltaComm BBS, without changing anything, I am a
- bit concerned. Apparently the BBS I uploaded the archives to scans the
- incoming files, and appends their own AV stamp, overwriting the
- deltaComm AV stamp.
-
- After running a PC BBS for over six years, I have never come across
- this kind of behavior by a Shareware author/firm, and wish to obtain
- either a refutation of this from Jeff Woods, or acknowledgement of the
- accuracy of it, so I may respond accordingly.
-
- Thus I am writing this note to receive a response from anyone directly
- related to this matter.
-
-
- Thanks,
-
- PS: Private email would be preferred
-
- rpress@bizhost.wariat.org Fido 1:157/562
- Richard Pressl: Commercial Micro Data Analysts: UCC-OC, Cleveland
- SysOp: Bizhost BBS: +1 216 731 4769 Searchlight/Waffle/HST-DS
-
-
- [Moderator's Note: Perhaps if this message reaches Mr. Woods' attention
- he will favor us all with a response. It might be interesting. PAT]
-
-