gjb@unirot.UUCP (Greg Brail) (02/27/86)
The new moderator of Info-mac/mod.computers.macintosh recently put Switcher 4.6 on line at sumex-aim for FTP by ARPAnet users. I asked if he could mail me the program so I could post it to net.sources.mac for we Usenetters. However, I'm not sure how legal that is. Wasn't Switcher just taken out of the public domain? If so, won't I get into some legal trouble (and serious flamage) if I post it? Does anyone (like Larry Rosenstein) know what the deal is? Thanks. -Greg -- -------------- Greg Brail (Greg @ The Soup Kitchen) UUCP : ..{ihnp4,seismo,harvard,ut-sally,allegra}!caip!unirot!gjb ARPA : unirot!gjb@caip.rutgers.edu USNAIL : Don't bother.
shulman@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Jeff Shulman) (02/27/86)
Switcher 4.6 was given to Delphi directly by Andy Hertzfeld. HOWEVER, we were asked by Apple *not* to post it since Apple wants some better control over beta testing (or something like that.) So, I'm not even sure it should be on INFO-MAC. You can be sure that I will post any official Apple software that has been made available to Delphi ASAP. Jeff uucp: ...{harvard, seismo, ut-sally, sri-iu, ihnp4!packard}!topaz!shulman arpa: SHULMAN@RUTGERS Delphi: JEFFS CIS: 76136,667
sbm@purdue.UUCP (Steve Munson) (03/02/86)
In article <4499@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU>, shulman@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Jeff Shulman) writes: > So, I'm not even sure it should be on INFO-MAC. For the record, Switcher 4.6 was recently removed from the info-mac archives by the moderator. -- Steve Munson sbm@Purdue.EDU sbm@Purdue.CSNET
lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein) (03/05/86)
The following is from INFO-MAC Digest V4 #22. I am reposting it here to clear up the confusion. ***** The Official Word on Swithcer 4.6 Chris Espinosa, Product Manager of System Software at Apple told me yesterday that Apple has not released Switcher 4.6 for distribution as public domain software. Apple's legal department is currently completing the paperwork necessary to release Switcher for testing. Until that time, Switcher should NOT be distributed freely. Michael Tchao Macintosh Product Coordinator Apple Computer, Inc. ***** -- Larry Rosenstein Object Specialist Apple Computer UUCP: {voder, nsc, ios, mtxinu, dual}!apple!lsr CSNET: lsr@Apple.CSNET