C70:info-cpm (07/17/82)
>From G.dag@Ucb-C70 Sat Jul 17 15:12:40 1982
I am currently completing the development of a package that acts
as a powerful extension to the programming environment of CP/M
systems. In doing so, I have spent about eighteen months developing
both a new language, a shell, some really neat utilities and so
on.
However, there are also some very nice pieces of software that I would
like to use, after I modify them, as additional useful utilities in
my package. These are not products I am selling on their own right,
nor are they what people will be buying my package for. They are
simply additional pieces of software that I wish to have available
for purchasers.
In order to be fair to both the writers of the initial public domain
software, as well as buyers of my package, I intend to do the
following. First, if I know who originally wrote the software,
I will attempt to contact him and get permission for inclusion.
Secondly, ALL of the public domain software will be listed in the
documentation as follows:
The following files are being provided as an aid to the
user of the Hope System. They are programs that are
in the public domain. In some cases they have been
modified to be more consistent with this package, but
they are available elsewhere at little or no cost. They
do not influence the selling price of this package in
any way.
Program Description Original Author Source
=====================================================================
Blah76 Example Pgm John Jones Sig/M
I think that this is the most equitable way for the purchasers of
my package to get the best of both the commercial and public
domains.
I would greatly appreciate commentary.
Thanks,
David Gewirtz