Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ho95e.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ho95e!wcs From: wcs@ho95e.UUCP (x0705) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: software support Message-ID: <154@ho95e.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 20:04:02 EDT Article-I.D.: ho95e.154 Posted: Wed Aug 7 20:04:02 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 20:13:08 EDT References: <418@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 11 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. */ -- ## Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs