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Re: BRUTAL DELUXE : System 6.02 soon available ??
- Subject: Re: BRUTAL DELUXE : System 6.02 soon available ??
- From: fltai@cc.memphis.edu
- Date: 7 Mar 95 10:11:39 -0500
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: The University of Memphis
- References: <3j93m9$1l2@nuscc.nus.sg> <3jhnia$dh3@news.ysu.edu>
In article <3jhnia$dh3@news.ysu.edu>, ag471@yfn.ysu.edu (Eric S. Ford) writes:
> In a previous article, ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean) says:
>
>>The best way to do it is: release it, and don't call it System 6. Call it
>>something else like GS System, etc. Apple won't care I think.
> I think the determination of copyright infringement is often based on the
> percentage of look-alike or identical code rather than the name used for
> the product. Otherwise, we would see a whole raft of software releases
> with nothing more than a name change. I would say the safest approach
> would be to release a patch or patch program.
Didn't usergroups have permission to release system disks to
its users? Isn't csa2 one huge giant usergroup? :) If this holds
water (*grin*) then, conceivably, brutal deluxe could release a patch
or "tune up" disk along with the original 6.0.1, in fact, using their
own installer, to install 6.0.1 then apply their patch...
-Tai