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Article #19494Re: Binhex through email question
From: Robert Dorsett
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1987 13:50
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1987 13:50
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In article <1139@vu-vlsi.UUCP> kresch@vu-vlsi.UUCP (Ed Kresch) writes:
>I have never seen binhex posted and I was wondering if this were coincidence
>or the result of some sort of legal restriction on its distribution.
>
>I have a basic program which creates an executable version of binhex and I
>would be happy to email this to anyone who needs it, but I am concerned that
>I would be violating some sort of legal restriction on its distribution. Does
>anyone know about this?
>
Binhex is a byproduct of one of those so-called "standards" conferences on
CompuServe. It is very, very public-domain, except that you can't make a
profit from it. The author retains copyright.
The reason you don't see it posted is that (a) it'd be a waste of resources
and (b) it'd be difficult to transmit, as one would need Binhex to use it!
If anyone needs Binhex, I'd recommend contacting your local dealer or neigh-
borhood users group. It's a very, very common program.
The author proper has written a couple of BASIC Binhex's. They will produce
2.0 and 4.0 binaries, if run. Be sure you have the right one; 2.0 doesn't
need any distributing! :-) The problem with BASIC, of course, is that not
everyone owns it.
A small bit of resourcefulness would probably net a novice a DISK full of
telecommunications utilities, if he were to just try local sources first.
--
Robert Dorsett {allegra,seismo}!sally!ngp!walt!mentat
University of Texas at Austin {allegra,seismo}!sally!ngp!mentat
mentat@auscso.UUCP
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!ut-sally!ut-ngp!auscso!mentat From: mentat@auscso.UUCP (Robert Dorsett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Binhex through email question Message-ID: <388@auscso.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-Sep-87 09:50:19 EDT Article-I.D.: auscso.388 Posted: Fri Sep 25 09:50:19 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Sep-87 20:21:17 EDT References: <1139@vu-vlsi.UUCP> Reply-To: mentat@auscso.UUCP (Robert Dorsett) Distribution: na Organization: Austin UNIX Users' Group, Austin, TX Lines: 34 Keywords: binhex copywrite