oz@yetti.UUCP (Ozan Yigit) (01/19/86)
I received several messages about the status of PROFF. Perhaps my initial note was somewhat confusing: o PROFF is written by myself, year-and-a-half ago, by first translating Software TOols FORMAT from RATFOR to C. It was written specifically to supplement the microcomputer environment established in the Faculty of Administrative Studies, York U. o Upon some discussion with the Admin. Studies, we decided to release it to the world, without a copyright notice. This would make PROFF Public Domain. o At the same time, sources were handed over to them, for their own maintenance. They are likely to make some changes, improve it, and hack it to suit their needs. o Future revisions of PROFF, as generated by The Faculty of Administrative Studies may contain York University COPYRIGHT. [that is a big MAYBE]. I do not think that would mean much, since we would distribute it in source level anyway. o If you want to make money out of PROFF, go right ahead. [I think, by the time you are finished, you would have done a major re-write anyway. So you perhaps deserve to make some money out of it :-)]. I hope that this note clerifies PROFF's status, in case you are not sure. Oz -- Usenet: [decvax|allegra|linus|ihnp4]!utzoo!yetti!oz Bitnet: oz@[yusol|yuyetti] In the beginning, there was Word all right, except it wasn't fixed number of bits.