Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!columbia!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!simvax.BITNET!davidli From: davidli@simvax.BITNET (System Manager) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Please use "correct" terminology Message-ID: <8707131441.AA08574@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Mon, 13-Jul-87 10:41:59 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8707131441.AA08574 Posted: Mon Jul 13 10:41:59 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jul-87 03:55:27 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 22 >I just got some bad news from Dave Addison about two of his programs, >Monopoly and Millebourne. ... >was a copyright infringment. So rather than argue, Dave agreed to spread >the (bad) news that all copies of his Monopoly and Millebourne are to be >erased. They now fall under the catagory of pirated software. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The poster of this message should have stopped at the word 'erased.' and left it at that. The software is NOT pirated, and the term does a disservice to all ST owners who downloaded or otherwise obtained the two programs in question. We haven't "pirated" anything -- Dave Addison simply made a mistake in programming too closely to the original. Of course, all users should remove the offending programs from their libraries. But PLEASE, don't use the word "pirated". It implies that WE have stolen a commercial program, and is incorrect terminology. -- Dave Meile davidli@simvax.bitnet Health Computer Sciences, University of Minnesota Box 511 UMHC, 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-3694