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wwitt@adara.intel.com (Wolf Witt) writes:
> With regards to the requests for TIGA drivers for Windows 3...
> ...
> For those of you who feel adventerous, you can call the Hercules BBS at
> (415) 540-6719 (9600 baud) or (415) 540-0621 (2400 baud) and try their
> drivers.
> ...
> Note that I don't know what the copyright issues regarding these drivers are.
> If Hercules actually owns their Windows driver, they probably won't be too
> thrilled about people who don't own HGSCs using them. However, if the
> drivers are actually written by TI and Hercules just distributes them, I
> suppose it might be ok for anyone with a TIGA board to use them. Keep this
> in mind if you call the Hercules BBS. I don't mean to be promoting software
> piracy.

Actually, if Hercules makes them available on their BBS to anyone who
calls, there can be no question of software piracy. If they do not
want users of competing products to use the software, they should
build appropriate checks into the access to their BBS.

If you install a BBS, and advertise the numbers, I am free to download
AND USE anything I can, as long as I make no attempt to break the
installed security features.

If you place someone else's proprietary software on your BBS, and I
download it, the owner can complain to you, sue you for damages, etc., and
probably can get a restraining order to stop me from using the stuff,
but I cannot be held liable for the fact that you put it there without
access restrictions on it.
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