Re: Final status report on Word Perfect for the Apple II

[guenter@student.uni-kl.de (Marvin)]

Charles A. Plater (cplater@rattlehead.pass.wayne.edu) wrote:
: But, wait, did't you state that it was reclassified as Freeware, and that
: you had gotten it reclassified as such.  What's the deal?  Did you just
: lie so that you could post _more_ pirated software?  Or did someone break
: into your house and post to the newsgroups that it had been reclassified?

According to Dr. Tom, Corel wrote:

After some rather exhaustive research, we have established that Corel
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does not own WordPerfect for the Apple II and therefore cannot grant
permission for the product to be distributed as freeware.

If that's true, there is also a possibility that some employee has
claimed rubbish. But It may also be Dr. Tom's fault of course.

In my college, the professors have a policy when they come up with
new scripts. They give them away with some errors and let the
students find them. "If they believe everything, it's their problem!".

I would recommend that everybody stays critical, but not hostile.
Verify the changes in the legal status by yourself. You may also
want to post your own experiences.

Regarding college, I apologize if I can't maintain the KL ftp site and
respond to questions too well now. When I am done with this damned
graduation, I may update everything and perhaps even come out with a
little A2 software...

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