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In article <ALMS.89Aug28111419@brazil.cambridge.apple.com> alms@brazil.cambridge.apple.com (Andrew L. M. Shalit) writes:
>
>   Now that Apple distributes Allegro Common Lisp, and includes the stand-alone
>   application generator, are there any licensing fees involved when
>   distributing applications created by it?
>
>The licensing is similar to MacApp.  I believe the cost is $100 per
>year.  This gives you the right to distribute as many copies of as
>many applications as you like.  Note that the applications do -not-
>include the compiler.  If you need to include the compiler, then
>you need to be a VAR, with more complicated contracts and terms.

Ok, this may be a dumb question, but, how are they gonna know?

*Shields Up!  Lock Phasers On Target! All Banks, FIRE!*

Isn't this really kinda ridiculous?  Apple wants people to write
software for the Macintosh, but they charge people liscensing fees to
use their compilers and skeletons.  Also, APDA was a great source of
help until Apple took it over and began raping everyone on the price
of the coding tools/examples.  

Seems to me that Apple really owes a lot of thanks to the
haquer-extraordinaires that wrote PD/Shareware stuff for helping get
the Mac off the ground.  So this is the thanks they get?  It kinda
bothers me that Apple, which started as a 2-bit bunch of hackers, has
really flipped 180 degrees to the point where they'd charge people for
breathing the air in Cupertino if they could.

For cryin' out loud, Apple, cut the non-corporate-deep-pocket,
non-profit, programmin'-for-the-fun-of-it people some slack, will ya?

*Evasive Maneuvers, execute!*

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