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From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: shareware legalities and such...
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Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 07:07:27 EDT
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> 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.
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	Peter (Made in Australia) da Silva
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