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From: donn@utah-cs.UUCP (Donn Seeley)
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Subject: Re: pcc compiler source needed
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Date: Thu, 20-Sep-84 19:37:58 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 20 19:37:58 1984
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Just saw this...

	From: dbr@cybvax0.UUCP (Douglas Robinson)

	We are in need of the source to the pcc C compiler.  I believe
	said source was distributed over the net recently (but before
	our site got on the usenet/news boat).  Could someone who
	archived it/is using it please mail me a note (so I can request
	but ONE copy)?

Mr. Robinson is probably confusing S.C. Johnson's PCC with the DECUS C
preprocessor which Martin Minow posted recently, but it brings up an
important point:

DON'T DISTRIBUTE SOFTWARE UNDER LICENSE TO UNLICENSED SITES.

The DECUS software is public-domain, the PCC is NOT.  We haven't had
any lawyers dump on us for iffy things like contextual difference files
with licensed sources, but requests like this could really get us in
trouble.  I doubt Mr. Robinson meant any harm, but I am sending this
message out so that people who may have been confused by his mistake
don't get in trouble.  Please DON'T mail him the PCC.  Remember, 'Use
a modem -- go to jail.'

Waiting for Richard Stallman's opinions,

Donn Seeley    University of Utah CS Dept    donn@utah-cs.arpa
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