Re: AppleWorks GS and reclassification

[Willie Yeo <willie@ssc.qld.edu.au>]

Jeff Blakeney wrote:

> If special permission was given by the copyright owner to allow
> DiversiTune to be distributed in a method other than commercially,
> then the program has been reclassified.  They have reclassified it so
> that it can be distributed in more ways than it used to be.

    Actually, I beg to differ in thought about Jeff's view of the term
'reclassified' in the situation of DiversiTune.

    DiversiTune, when it was first distributed by Treasure Chest Project, still
remains a commercial copyrighted product status. The copyright owner, Bill,
have spelt out the rules of giving away the Apple IIGS version for free to
anyone from particular sites he okay'ed, but of course, there are conditions
attached.

    So long as the conditions are met, it is a legal site for distribution of
the software, even though it is still commercially avaliable.

    In my stand, DiversiTune is not a 'reclassified' software as such.
'reclassified software' by definition is a change of status from 'commercial'
to 'shareware/freeware' or 'public domain'. DiversiTune does not fall into that
category.