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Article #5225Re: Unauthorized Sale of Redristributable Software
From: Matt Dillon
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1986 01:48
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1986 01:48
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I've always wondered if it was possible to win a case such as this in court without the use of a lawyer. It seems to me that buying the product from them and then simply entering that as proof (especially the fact that your telephone and name are displayed without your permission!) would be good enough. Along the same lines, another way to combat such companies is to simply make it unprofitable for them to sell it... Perhaps we could all ban together and put in an add in AmigaWord along side the company's add saying 'Hack V... etc... Public Domain and FREE'. We would end up spending very little and the company quite a bit (on their adds). Knowing this could happen all along, but now seeing it first hand, I think I will start placing extremely explicit copyright notices on the programs I send over PD. BTW: It is always good to have some sort of copyright notice embedded in the code and displayed, but I get tired of programs which ALWAYS display the (C) notice... instead, it should only be displayed when you give it wrong options, or no options, or in the 'version' command if it has one. I get rather sick of Lattice's (C) notice's every time I compile something. BLINK too. This only applies to programs which do not have title screens. When you have a title screen you always put your (C) notice there (it's no extra hassel for the user). -Matt
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!CORY.BERKELEY.EDU!dillon From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: Re: Unauthorized Sale of Redristributable Software Message-ID: <8611020148.AA08257@cory.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Sat, 1-Nov-86 20:48:39 EST Article-I.D.: cory.8611020148.AA08257 Posted: Sat Nov 1 20:48:39 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 3-Nov-86 22:25:36 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 31