kssingvo@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Klaus Singvogel) (05/30/90)
Hi, yesterday, i've read in a newsgroup, where VirtGIF is available, via ftp. But today this message doesn't exist anymore on our system, or better: I cannot find it anymore. Can somebody tell me (E-Mail), where this ftp-address was (it accepts an anonymous-login)? Thanks in advance, Klaus. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Real Name: | E-Mail-address : | / /| | Klaus Singvogel |kssingvo@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de | _ / / | | | or (german cheap version) : |\ \ / / | | Nick Name: |kssingvo@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.dbp.de| \ v / | | Pacman | or (in antique form) : | \_/ | | |... unido!fauern!faui43!kssingvo |AmigaUser| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
jmeissen@oregon.oacis.org (John Meissen) (05/31/90)
In article <2830@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> kssingvo@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Klaus Singvogel) writes: >yesterday, i've read in a newsgroup, where VirtGIF is available, via >ftp. But today this message doesn't exist anymore on our system, or >better: I cannot find it anymore. I, too, had seen the message, and lacking a GIF viewer acquired VirtGIF from the specified ftp site. When I ran the program it displayed a banner proclaiming that it was an unregistered copy of the program, and explicitly stated that it was NOT P.D.! I have deleted my copy, and since replaced it with HamGIF (which I assume is P.D.). Where I come from, public distribution of commercial products in this manner is called piracy. Unfortunately, I kept no record of the site's address or I would have sent some rather pointed e-mail. If someone else on the net comes across this or a similar posting regarding VirtGIF please let the poster know that they are definitely not doing a good thing. -- John Meissen ............................... Oregon Advanced Computing Institute jmeissen@oacis.org (Internet) | "That's the remarkable thing about life; ..!sequent!oacis!jmeissen (UUCP) | things are never so bad that they can't jmeissen (BIX) | get worse." - Calvin & Hobbes
lar@pc.usl.edu (Robert, Lane A.) (05/31/90)
In article <511@oregon.oacis.org> jmeissen@oregon.oacis.org (John Meissen) writes: I, too, had seen the message, and lacking a GIF viewer acquired VirtGIF from the specified ftp site. When I ran the program it displayed a banner proclaiming that it was an unregistered copy of the program, and explicitly stated that it was NOT P.D.! I have deleted my copy, and since replaced it with HamGIF (which I assume is P.D.). Where I come from, public distribution of commercial products in this manner is called piracy. Unfortunately, I kept no record of the site's address or I would have sent some rather pointed e-mail. If someone else on the net comes across this or a similar posting regarding VirtGIF please let the poster know that they are definitely not doing a good thing. Don't have a cow, man! If you read the beginning of the documentation file, you'll see that VirtGIF is being distributed as Shareware. The author gives you a 14 day trial period, after which if you continue to use the program you are supposed to contribute $10-15. There is no restriction on distribution, other than not distributing a modified version. Lane lar@usl.edu Bart Simpson for President in 92, man!
jmeissen@oregon.oacis.org (John Meissen) (05/31/90)
In article <LAR.90May30154732@pc.usl.edu> lar@pc.usl.edu (Robert, Lane A.) writes: >Don't have a cow, man! If you read the beginning of the >documentation file, you'll see that VirtGIF is being distributed as >Shareware. The author gives you a 14 day trial period, after which This version is being distributed without documentation. When I run a program that's distributed without docs and puts up a banner that say's THIS PROGRAM IS NOT PUBLIC DOMAIN! with no mention of shareware or any other status I'm afraid I have a difficult time coming to any other conclusion. Sorry. -- John Meissen ............................... Oregon Advanced Computing Institute jmeissen@oacis.org (Internet) | "That's the remarkable thing about life; ..!sequent!oacis!jmeissen (UUCP) | things are never so bad that they can't jmeissen (BIX) | get worse." - Calvin & Hobbes