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From: shebanow@ernie.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike Shebanow)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Switcher 4.4 and any weird copyrights
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Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 12:56:39 EST
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Switcher IS copyrighted, so I believe that it is illegal to give it away to
your friends. The postings to CompuServe, UseNet, Delphi and other online
services were all specifically authorized by Apple to faciliate the testing
of Switcher with all the different programs out there.

On the other hand, I would probably give people copies until Apple's released
Switcher is actually available in stores. If you really want to avoid any
taint of illegallity, you could let the person download the program himself,
using your account. I can't see anything illegal about that, but then, I'm
not a lawyer.

Andrew Shebanow
shebanow@ernie.BERKELEY.EDU