UD069225@NDSUVM1.BITNET (Eric H. Romo) (11/19/87)
Why hasn't or why doesn't BITNET get an Apple liscense to distribute the new
System, Finder, and related files? This only seems reasonable for such a large
network of users, in my mind at least.
Thanks,
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ERIC H. ROMO
<UD069225@NDSUVM1.BITNET>
CHEMISTRY DEPT. UNIV. OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, N.D.jordan@apple.UUCP (Jordan Mattson) (11/23/87)
Dear Eric - I am in fact looking into the possibility of doing this. There is one small catch: the folks in charge of deciding if you have a valid copyright or not have some fairly strict requlations on how you must keep track of the people who have a copy of your software. If we can find a way to comply with this requlations on the looser networks (BITNET, Usenet, ARPAnet), then we will make it happen. -- Jordan Mattson UUCP: ucbvax!mtxinu!apple!jordan Apple Computer, Inc. CSNET: jordan@apple.CSNET Tools & Languages Product Management 20525 Mariani Avenue, MS 27S Cupertino, CA 95014 408-973-4601 "Joy is the serious business of heaven." C.S. Lewis
FUCHS@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Ira Fuchs) (11/24/87)
In article <450UD069225@NDSUVM1>, UD069225@NDSUVM1.BITNET (Eric H. Romo) writes: >Why hasn't or why doesn't BITNET get an Apple liscense to distribute the new >System, Finder, and related files? This only seems reasonable for such a large >network of users, in my mind at least. I have spoken with Apple about licensing this software for distribution through MACserve and the main problem with doing it is that Apple requires an auditable list of all users who receive a copy (has to do with their copyright). This may not be feasible given the way MACSERVE operates, however discussion continues. Ira Fuchs President, BITNET Inc.