Re: 'Reclassification' terms

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Sun, 16 Apr 2000 02:44:21 +1000, Willie Yeo <willie@ssc.qld.edu.au>
wrote:

>Jeff Blakeney wrote:
>> Using your example, DiversiTune went from number 1 to number 2.  Does
>> that not entail a reclassification in your mind?
>
>    Actually, that's not true. I spoken to Bill, and his reply to me is that it is
>>STILL< commercial (I still have that email somewhere), and he'd be happy to whip up a
>couple of disks and start selling it if there is a demand.
>
>    But he's also giving it away (without charge and support) via authorised websites
>even though he is still 'selling' them.

But it used to be a commercial program that was only available from
retail outlets or directly from Bill.  Now it is a commercial program
that is available from retail outlets (if you can find it :), directly
from Bill or from authorized web sites.

He changed the orginal license agreement.  As the license agreement
covers all three of the points that I mentioned, I guess you could
call the license agreement the classification.

>    Hence, commercial software given free (or with licence or restrictions). The only
>ones that I can't place whether it is "Freeware" or still "Commercial" is Apple's
>HyperCard GS & System 6.01, which in a way, is "Freeware" with licence conditions. But
>since Apple was selling that previously, and they did not really declare it "Freeware"
>openly, then what should one put it ? Since it can be downloaded from their FTP sites.
>

In the case of DiversiTune I would classify it as commercial with
exceptions.

In the case of HyperCardGS and System 6.0.1, I would classify them as
Apple does which is as System Software (copyrighted and free but with
restricted distribution).

Another point in favour of my definition is in most, if not all, the
Lost Classics stuff that was made available on Genie.  They had
distribution restrictions that said they were only to be made
available from Genie.  To make those available elsewhere will require
that permission is obtained to allow distribution other than through
Genie.

There are probably a lot of people that didn't have Genie accounts
that would love to know that the distribution methods for a certain
title has changed so that they will know that they can legally
download it from another place.  Would it not be easier to mark that
archive as a new reclassification so that people can find it easier
even though the only thing that has changed is the distribution
methods?

It just makes sense to me.

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