spencer@well.UUCP (Randal Spencer) (11/20/86)
Well, here is a question for George Robbins or someone involved in the legal
end of C/A. I have gotten alot of letters back since my message about the
resident command asking for a copy. Now, ummm, Lots of developers have
the software toolkit disk, and several dealers have it in there
public domain disk sections. But if I wanted to take a demonstration
disk to my users group that showed the command, would I be tromping
someones copyrights?
Thanks for the info
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In article <2075@well.UUCP> spencer@well.UUCP (Randal Spencer) writes: toolkit disk, and several dealers have it in there >public domain disk sections. But if I wanted to take a demonstration >disk to my users group that showed the command, would I be tromping >someones copyrights? > If you only showed it, and didn't give it away, or allow copies to be made, then there is no copyright violation, right ? If it is copied, however, you better believe it! All of Workbench, Kickstart, etc. is copyrighted. We provide software to developers sometimes that should not be distributed any further. Especially when there is debate over the design of the command (as in this case). Programs we give to developers do not enter the public domain automatically. And dealers should not be giving it away as public domain. And in general, I think our developers are a good lot, who are willing to abide by the restrictions imposed to get advance copies of the software, as well as pre-release versions of utilities. andy (possibly living in a dreamworld) finkel Commodore/Amiga -- andy finkel Commodore/Amiga {ihnp4|seismo|allegra}!cbmvax!andy or pyramid!amiga!andy Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors. "Never make anything simple and efficient when it can be complex and wonderful."