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- From: joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: Re: C-NET
- Message-ID: <65255@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 22:59:53 PDT
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- Distribution: world
- References: <Les_Jenkins.04ct@lppl.mi.org>
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- >Most authors of PD example code released it expecting it to be used perhaps
- ^^^^ wrong.
- >in personal or otherwise PD programs. Or to be used as a guide on how to do
- >a certain thing. Most require that the person who wishes to use it as part
- ^^^^ wrong.
- >of a commercial package contact the author of the code for permission and
- >even THEN they ask for credit where it is due. Ken has done neither of
- >those things and, quite personally, if I had the talent to write a bit of
- >code others would like to use and released it to the PD only to have Ken
- >cut and paste it into his commercial software, I'd be quite P.O.ed about
- >it.
-
- How convenient that you speak for MOST developers when you have no idea of
- what you speak. If you don't want to be P.O.ed, then you wouldn't release
- it as PD. THAT'S the problem, not the user of PD. Pluuuuuuuueeeeeeease
- learn what PD means.
-
- Sheesh, calm down and think about what you're saying,
-
- >
- > -- AEd V1.37/Eval
- >
- >-- Via DLG Pro v0.992
- >
- >======================================================================
- >E-Mail to: | "Stimpy, sometimes your wealth of ignorance simply |
- >Les@lppl.mi.org | astounds me." - Ren Hoek |
- >----------------+-----------------------------------------------------
- >
-
- -Joel
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- / Joel E. Swan....Pres./...Media Specialties, Ltd., Oak Forest, IL.USA /
- / & Senior Producer..../...Moody Broadcasting Network, Chicago, IL. USA /
- / Portal ID: joeles..../...joeles@cup.portal.com /
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