Re: Distribution of Apple II, IIGS system software & HCGS

[rder@pro-palmtree.cts.com (Richard Der)]

dmz@cco.caltech.edu (Daniel Zimmerman) wrote:
><gbmaidsf@wco.com> wrote:
>
>>I've already arranged to obtained all of the required licenses from
>>Apple Computer, Inc. - for all of the official released Apple II and
>>IIGS system software (including Hypercard IIGS), that will legally
>allow
>                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>me to make them all available from the 1WSW web site and/or GS
>>WorldView web site. I plan to make them all available there for your
>>download needs...
>
>All users take note: The terms of the Apple Licensing Agreement, which
>I have here in my hands, _explicitly prohibits_ the electronic
>distribution of HyperCard IIGS. HyperCard IIGS can _only_ be legally
>obtained in two ways: 1) on physical media, from a user group or
>other licensed distributor, or 2) from one of Apple's FTP sites
>(ftp.support.apple.com, ftptoo.support.apple.com and ftp.info.apple.com
>are the major ones).
 
In all honesty, many a user group bulletin board has distributed HCGS
electronically. Like Rubywand said in another thread, its the classic
"don't ask, don't tell." Not suprisingly, Apple has not gone after
Asimov for distributing ProDOS 8 and DOS 3.3.
 
 
>So, I amend my earlier statement - expect to see all the Apple II
>System Software, _except_ HyperCard IIGS, on the Caltech Apple II
>Archive within a few weeks...
 
A suggestion: can both your site and 1WSW's make a link to Apple's
FTP site? For example, in the directory "apple16/system/" you
could have one selection "hypercard." Then when the reader selects
hypercard, they are linked to the Apple FTP page containing the
hypercard archives.
 
This might only work if accessing with a web browser (or can ftp
do links too?)
 
 
>Daniel Zimmerman
>MSC #1023, Caltech
>Pasadena, California  91126-0001
>dmz@cco.caltech.edu
 
Are you on the ST:Voyager team? In the credits at the end of the show,
there is a Daniel Zimmerman.


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