Re: negativity?

[bjbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin)]

In article <5ia3sd$ds8$1@darla.visi.com>, nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) wrote:

> In article <bjbear-ya023680000604970417320001@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net>,
> B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin <bjbear@ibm.net> wrote:
> >If it's ME you're talking to, (and I happen to be a woman), what I am doing
> >is not pirating in any sense.
> 
>    You are distributing Apple II system software without a
> license. And that's definitely frowned upon. Apple still is licensing
> user groups, and private individuals to copy Apple II system software.
> Steve Cavanaugh, distributor of the Apple II modem disk, applied and
> received permission last fall to distribute ProDOS 8, at nominal
> charge and has been doing so, legally, for months.
> 
>    You should contact Steve for details of whom to speak to at Apple
> to get permission (I think it's probably totally for free and mostly a
> formality, but I've never gone thru the process myself and can't
> comment). He's listed in section 10.2 of the csa2 FAQ.
> 
>    Apple II system software still falls into the category of
> copyrighted, but freely available. Apple has set distribution limits
> on it that are _not_ that hard to follow, and that's why you should
> be following them.
> 
> Nathan Mates

OK.  If it is "copyrighted but freely available" I don't understand the
need for a license in the first place.  I *do* respect copyright, and I am
not appending my name to the software, altering the software, or charging
money for the software itself. 

I appreciate your sending me this info, and in light of receiving this,
effective immediately I will no longer offer to copy the //c bundled disks
for others.

--bj
Apple //--///--Macintosh user/supporter/collector