Re: A Franklin and an Alltech Drive

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Sat, 04 Dec 1999 16:32:13 -0600, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
wrote:

>     What I mean is that ProDOS is no longer licensed by Apple.
[snip]
>     True. Nevertheless, the last time I checked with Apple it (along with
>other Apple II system software) was no longer licensed.

That makes no sense.  Why would Apple have to license a product that
they created?

>     Actually, it was (and still is) standard practice to permit private
>non-profit distribution of software on ProDOS diskettes-- for example, someone
>might offer a ProDOS utilities disk for the cost of materials and mailing.

Well, when I get a chance I'll have to check with Apple but I know
that Syndicomm and I'm pretty sure my users group still have licenses
to distribute Apple's System Software.  As far as I know, at present,
anyone who wants to distribute a disk, archive or whatever that
includes all or part of Apple's System Software, they have to get a
license from Apple to legally do so.

By the way, when you say "Apple rep" do you mean someone at Apple
Computer Inc. or someone who works at an authorized Apple dealer?

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