donn@utah-cs.UUCP (Donn Seeley) (09/21/84)
Just saw this... From: dbr@cybvax0.UUCP (Douglas Robinson) We are in need of the source to the pcc C compiler. I believe said source was distributed over the net recently (but before our site got on the usenet/news boat). Could someone who archived it/is using it please mail me a note (so I can request but ONE copy)? Mr. Robinson is probably confusing S.C. Johnson's PCC with the DECUS C preprocessor which Martin Minow posted recently, but it brings up an important point: DON'T DISTRIBUTE SOFTWARE UNDER LICENSE TO UNLICENSED SITES. The DECUS software is public-domain, the PCC is NOT. We haven't had any lawyers dump on us for iffy things like contextual difference files with licensed sources, but requests like this could really get us in trouble. I doubt Mr. Robinson meant any harm, but I am sending this message out so that people who may have been confused by his mistake don't get in trouble. Please DON'T mail him the PCC. Remember, 'Use a modem -- go to jail.' Waiting for Richard Stallman's opinions, Donn Seeley University of Utah CS Dept donn@utah-cs.arpa 40 46' 6"N 111 50' 34"W (801) 581-5668 decvax!utah-cs!donn
dbr@cybvax0.UUCP (Douglas Robinson) (09/22/84)
Mr. Seeley was correct in assuming that what I am looking for was the DECUS c preprocessor. Would those of you that squirreled away the source for same please mail me a note (so I can request one copy - thereby reducing unnecessary net work (sic)). I must note that I was under the assumption that ONLY PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE IS EVER DISTRIBUTED ON USENET! Any licensee of BTL must know the kind of trouble they can get into by distributing BTL source software! I don't need/want pcc - don't send it to me. Also, the "requests like this [refering to my previous request]" are NOT the cause of any trouble. Only when a BTL licensee improperly grants such a request does trouble arise... and then only for the parties involved. Thank our forefathers for 'Freedom of Speech'! Doug Robinson Cybermation, Inc. 617/492-8810