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- From: rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond)
- Message-ID: <rwm.715104731@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca>
- Date: 29 Aug 92 10:12:11 EST
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: Amiga Comms (was RE: Amiga Kiosks?)
- In-Reply-To: jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan)
- References: <3633@faatcrl.UUCP>
- <1992Aug21.162454.7251@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com>
- Lines: 37
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- jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan) writes:
- >initial development) was that proprietary schemes are "tightly bound to the
- >fortunes of their suppliers".
-
- > The status of ZMODEM-90 is a direct collision with that stance.
-
- > Anyways, the point here is that the protocol specification should be in
- >the public domain, the source code for a specific implementation of the
- >protocol does not, however. (sorry Russ, couldn't resist :-)
-
- By the way, I totally agree with your points in this message. I myself do
- not feel that 'source code' is a proper way to document a transfer protocol.
- (As was origionally done with SeaLink, and it's fidonet-derivatives. SeaLink
- has now only finally been dealt with within fidonet with FTS-0007).
-
- Methinks that your 'sorry Russ' was added due to a confusion about a few
- aspects of what I do. Just because *I* release all my software using the
- GNU Public Licence, does not mean that I believe this to be the BEST way
- for 'everyone' to release their software. Just because *I* want to have
- source code to the utilities that I run (So that I can attempt to fix
- problems that I will end up having, rather than having to wait for the
- author to 'feel like' dealing with these issues) does not mean that
- everyone else does. Heck, a Welmat V1 user can use all-Commercial
- transfer protocols on their system, and the possibility exists that
- another site running Welmat will support MORE protocols on their site
- than I do on my own ;-)
-
- The 'XPR' issue that we 'seem' to disagree on often has nothing to do
- with distribution licences, it has to do with the format of the software
- distributed. I have absolutely no problem (And actually actively encourage)
- Shareware and Commercial 'XPR's. While the *DOCUMENTATION* for Xpr must
- be publicly accessable, I don't believe that every implementation of
- this specification must be.
-
- > -jack-
-
- -russ- ;-)
-