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- Date: 12 October 1984
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- To: All SYSOPs and Users of ZCPR3
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- From: Echelon, Inc.
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- Subject: Domain Status of ZCPR3 and
- Application Programs
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- It's been brought to our attention that there may be confusion
- relative to the status of the programs known as DISCAT and Z3-
- DOT-COM. We have heard of these files being put up on RCP/M
- systems. Such action is illegal!
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- We wish to make clear the meaning of public domain, copyrighted,
- and limited distribution programs.
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- ZCPR3 and the utilities are released for private use by
- individuals in a non-commercial environment. This is called
- limited or restricted distribution. You cannot sell ZCPR3 or
- any of its utilities without first obtaining a license from
- Echelon. They are copyrighted and the copyright has been
- assigned to Echelon by Richard Conn. The owner of the copyright
- determines the domain status of a program by whatever
- restrictions he places on it.
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- The legal definition of "public domain" is: you may do anything
- you wish, sell, give away, modify, etc. ZCPR3 is not in the
- public domain; you cannot sell it without a license.
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- Presently two programs (with more to come) are not to be released
- to the RCP/M network, are under strict license: DISCAT and Z3-
- DOT-COM. These programs may be purchased only from Echelon, Inc.
- The COM files are named: CATCHECK, CATERASE, CATFREE, CATMAKE,
- CATMERGE, CATNAME, CATRMDSK, CATSCAN, CATUPD, Z3L and the special
- files are ENV.SPR, SYSFCP.SPR, Z3BIO.SPR, Z3CPR.SPR, and
- Z3MOV.BIN. These will never be released to SIG/M or public
- message networks. These are programs to keep Echelon alive,
- making money, with some of that money going to Richard Conn and
- Joe Wright.
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- Please guard our rights...if we don't stay in business there will
- be no more ZCPR3's or enhancements or applications taking special
- advantage of the system capability. We are practically giving
- the software away now, not making much off each package. Come
- and join in our support of the 8-bit CP/M world that many have
- been so quick to abandon. Thank you.
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