Re: Nibble disks archives

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <553e7f$fah@news.wco.com>,
Charles T. Turley <cturley@wco.com> wrote:
>I located the Nibble Apple II 5.25 disks archives on an ftp site and 
>linked to them via the following URL.

   We've been over this before, Turley. You claimed just about 2 weeks
ago that your web site is 100% legit, then you turn around and say
this. If you learn nothing else this year, then learn this:

   JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN FIND SOFTWARE ON THE NET SOMEWHERE DOESN'T
MAKE IT LEGAL.

   Got it? Nibble Magazine was very much copyrighted, as anyone who
bothered to open it up and read (rather than just sector editing)
wou;d have noticed their copyright and limited license policy. I quote
from the front of my 'One Minute Apple Programs'-- they printed the
same in the rest of their magazines.

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personal use.

Any other use, sale, distribution or copying of these programs without
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and is expressly prohibited.

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   [Any spelling or punctuation errors strictly mine.]

   This is very clear: you are not to pass around Nibble programs. I'd
encourage you to immediately remove all Nibble programs from your WWW
site, and get them off all other sites.

Nathan Mates

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