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Article #27557Please use "correct" terminology
From: System Manager
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1987 14:41
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1987 14:41
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>I just got some bad news from Dave Addison about two of his programs,
>Monopoly and Millebourne. ...
>was a copyright infringment. So rather than argue, Dave agreed to spread
>the (bad) news that all copies of his Monopoly and Millebourne are to be
>erased. They now fall under the catagory of pirated software.
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The poster of this message should have stopped at the word 'erased.' and
left it at that. The software is NOT pirated, and the term does a disservice
to all ST owners who downloaded or otherwise obtained the two programs in
question. We haven't "pirated" anything -- Dave Addison simply made a mistake
in programming too closely to the original.
Of course, all users should remove the offending programs from their libraries.
But PLEASE, don't use the word "pirated". It implies that WE have stolen
a commercial program, and is incorrect terminology.
-- Dave Meile davidli@simvax.bitnet
Health Computer Sciences, University of Minnesota
Box 511 UMHC, 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 625-3694
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