From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!C70:info-cpm Newsgroups: fa.info-cpm Title: Public domain programs in commercial packages Article-I.D.: ucb.1548 Posted: Sat Jul 17 15:12:49 1982 Received: Sun Jul 18 04:47:37 1982 >From G.dag@Ucb-C70 Sat Jul 17 15:12:40 1982 I am currently completing the development of a package that acts as a powerful extension to the programming environment of CP/M systems. In doing so, I have spent about eighteen months developing both a new language, a shell, some really neat utilities and so on. However, there are also some very nice pieces of software that I would like to use, after I modify them, as additional useful utilities in my package. These are not products I am selling on their own right, nor are they what people will be buying my package for. They are simply additional pieces of software that I wish to have available for purchasers. In order to be fair to both the writers of the initial public domain software, as well as buyers of my package, I intend to do the following. First, if I know who originally wrote the software, I will attempt to contact him and get permission for inclusion. Secondly, ALL of the public domain software will be listed in the documentation as follows: The following files are being provided as an aid to the user of the Hope System. They are programs that are in the public domain. In some cases they have been modified to be more consistent with this package, but they are available elsewhere at little or no cost. They do not influence the selling price of this package in any way. Program Description Original Author Source ===================================================================== Blah76 Example Pgm John Jones Sig/M I think that this is the most equitable way for the purchasers of my package to get the best of both the commercial and public domains. I would greatly appreciate commentary. Thanks, David Gewirtz