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Subject: Re: software support
Message-ID: <154@ho95e.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 20:04:02 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  7 20:04:02 1985
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Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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Lauren Weinstein posted an article about the hassles of putting your source in
the  public domain, where many users will hack it up and pass on their broken
version to people who call Lauren expecting to get it fixed.  I can sympathize;
even well-written code that nobody's hacked on often stops working 3 UNIXtm
versions later, or won't work on TSO, or...   It's real tempting to put a
comment at the beginning saying
	/* Written by Bill Stewart.  If this program doesn't work, run it
	through sum (UNIX manual, section 1.)  If the result isn't 03406,
	don't call me.	*/
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## Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs