[net.micro.mac] Shareware Ludicrousness

briand@tekig4.UUCP (Brian Diehm) (10/18/85)

Well, I've seen it all now.  The discussion of the appropriateness of putting
shareware on the net has now been put on the mickey mouse (TM, no doubt) list!
I am talking about the recent posting of "Think Ahead+," to net.sources.mac.
This is a game and the About ThinkAhead page reads:

     This Program is based on the Board Game 'Think Ahead'
     marketed by Leisure Learning Products Inc.
          50 Greenwich Avenue
          Greenwich Connecticut 06830
          (c) all rights reserved

     This program is being ditributed(sic) as ShareWare. If you
     like it, please send $5.00 and any comments you may
     have to me.     Keep ShareWare Alive !

     This program written by: Keith Lambert (CIS 75076,34)
                              3433 Marathon Dr.
                              San Diego, Calif. 92123
                       (619) 279-5309 -- Copyright (c) 1985

Now, I'm NOT accusing anybody, BUT.  Mr. Keith Lambert, does Leisure Learning
Products, Inc. KNOW what you're up to?  Did you secure their permission to
try to make money copying their copyrighted game?  Or do you want to rethink
your plea for honesty in ShareWare?

-Brian Diehm
Tektronix, Inc.

P.S. - Just to be safe, having downloaded this game, I am now going to destroy
all copies made and thereby 'refrain' from perpetuating a potential fraud.