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- From: dbsuthe@pbhya.PacBell.COM (Daniel B. Suthers)
- Subject: Re: FontGDOS WORKS!!!
- Reply-To: dbsuthe@PacBell.COM (Daniel B. Suthers)
- Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:02:46 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.160246.5913@pbhya.PacBell.COM>
- References: <1992Aug27.095804.25323@cs.hw.ac.uk> <1992Aug27.140622.23832@newshost.lanl.gov>
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- In article <1992Aug27.140622.23832@newshost.lanl.gov> hutch@bellman.lanl.gov writes:
- >>In article <1992Aug26.160453.9574@pbhya.PacBell.COM> dbsuthe@pbhya.PacBell.COM
- >>(Daniel B. Suthers) writes (WRT FontGDOS):
- >>>Thank you, Atari, for releasing it as freeware. It makes my whole system much
- >>>more usable. Now how about a quick note concerning the policy that it ONLY
- >>>be available from GEnie? (I can think of several good reasons, but I would
- >>>like Atari's)
- >
- >Well, as I understand it, there was a 30 day restriction in regards to the
- >GEnie upload of FGDOS; in that period the files could not be posted anywhere
- >else but on GEnie. Atari has taken a lot of flak over this policy but heck,
- >GEnie _is_ their official online service, ya know. Besides, the 30 days is
- >up now, I'm sure, so it should be free for uploading to any public BBS.
- >---
- >
- >___________________________ John "HUTCH" Hutchinson _________________________
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-
- Will someone from atari please officially comment on that? As an ethical issue,
- I would not feel right about posting it on our user's group disk of the month
- without explicit permission to override the restrictions mentioned in the
- documentation.
-
-
- HOW ABOUT IT? IS IT OFFICIALLY OK TO DISTRIBUTE?????
-
-
- Daniel B. Suthers, ICCP Certified Computer Programmer.
- Technology Consultant, PCS & IN Development Lab, Pac*Bell
- Voice: (510) 671-1325 UUCP: dbsuthe@Pacbell.COM
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- = Those of us who write software must have more respect for copyright. =
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