rs@mirror.UUCP (02/06/87)
>/* Written 10:11 am Feb 5, 1987 > by mjranum@gouldsd.UUCP in mirror:comp.os.minix */ >>More to the point, suppose I make a version of uuclone and am willing >to post it for beta-test, but do not want to give out sources ? If it >it a potential moneymaker, or the source files are *huge* and many, >giving out binaries is a better bet anyhow, no ? I can think of several /* End of text from mirror:comp.os.minix */ If the sucker is a potential money-maker, it is GROSSLY UNFAIR to force the rest of us on the net to pay for your "advertising." Sources are a universal language: anyone and everyone can read them, get ideas for ports to other systems, find bugs, etc. etc., and with MINIX, claims of "but I can't compile that" are specious, right? As for size, mod.sources has successfully distributed VERY large pieces of software, all it takes is a little forethought and organization. /rich $alz, moderator of mod.sources -- Rich $alz "Drug tests p**s me off" Mirror Systems, Cambridge Massachusetts rs@mirror.TMC.COM {adelie, mit-eddie, ihnp4, harvard!wjh12, cca, cbosgd, seismo}!mirror!rs