Re: copy prodos.sys,illegal?

[dchiu@netcom.com (David C.W. Chiu)]

In article <2OCT94.11275306@twncu865.ncu.edu.tw>,
 <u332302@twncu865.ncu.edu.tw> wrote:
>will I abuse the copyright law if I spread disks with prodos.sys & basic.sys?
>I'll spread a tool to transfer diss & files between apple & pc with game i/o
>and I dunno if I could make the disk bootable,say,put prodos.sys on it.

Illegal.

>on the other hand,I think that's ok to spread a bootable dos 3.3 disk,right?

Nope.

>still on the other hand,it's illegal if I spread a bootable MSDOS disk,right?

Yes.


Of course, the question of legality and enforcement are entirely two separate
thing. The likelyhood of Apple Computer Inc. to pursue a single 
individual who basically has (almost) no money to speak of over 
violiation of copyrights is... well, low.