Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site baylor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!neuro1!baylor!peter From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: shareware legalities and such... Message-ID: <486@baylor.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 07:07:27 EDT Article-I.D.: baylor.486 Posted: Tue Aug 20 07:07:27 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 18:32:18 EDT References: <785@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: The Power Elite, Houston, TX Lines: 13 > Perhaps someone would like to comment on the legality and/or morality > of trying to release "improved" versions of copywrited by free distribution > software as shareware? (for example the enahanced HP150 version of > KERMIT I mentioned in my previous message...) I don't know about legalities, but if you've added value to the program it should be OK so long as you send a kickback to the original author. I don't know about legality but there's nothing wrong with the morality of this. I don't think there are any laws for protecting shareware anyway. -- Peter (Made in Australia) da Silva UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076