Re: Please boycott Xircom

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From: Russ Nelson
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 1990 03:50

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In article <LENNOX.90Oct2110513@minilove.diag.stratus.com> lennox@minilove.diag.stratus.com (Craig Scott Lennox) writes:

   In article <NELSON.90Oct1164335@image.clarkson.edu> nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes:

      Okay, now try to get a copy of pedrive.asm.  You can't, because
      they're violating the license.  At least one person has tried to
      get a copy of pedrive.asm and been denied it.  They have known
      that they should make the source available from day one.  That
      sounds pretty persistent to me.

   Just a question: do *you* have a copy of pedrive.asm anywhere?
   What's to stop you from distributing it far 'n wide yourself, since
   they can't legally stop you?

I thought of doing that.  Unfortunately, I *did* agree to let them
require a nondisclosure agreement, which modifies the copyright under
which the Xircom-Clarkson-derived software is distributed.  It was a
verbal agreement only, and they'd have trouble proving it.  However,
unlike the people at Xircom, I'm honest, so I'm going to stick by our
agreement.

--
--russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu])  Russ.Nelson@$315.268.6667
It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear -- Freeman Dyson

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From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson)
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Subject: Re: Please boycott Xircom
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