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From: dpw@unisec.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: THE STORE! -- "PD" binaries
Message-ID: <1021@unisec.usi.com>
Date: Sat, 11-Jul-87 13:51:35 EDT
Article-I.D.: unisec.1021
Posted: Sat Jul 11 13:51:35 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 10:34:36 EDT
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Reply-To: dpw@unisec.USI.COM (Darryl P. Wagoner)
Organization: UniSecure Systems, Inc. Newport, RI
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In article <2388@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
>ebh@cord.UUCP (Ed Horch) wrote:
>>               One...                    consists of completely
 
>I un-uuencoded the STORE! catalog, found an ASCII cpio archive, and
>took it apart.  From the descriptions enclosed, it looks like this
>"nicely packaged public domain stuff" that you can get in source from
>your friendly neighborhood Usenet site or archive, only comes in binary
>from these turkeys.  A few things have sources, but source is the
>exception, not the rule.

Yes, it is true that most of the PD stuff from the store is in binary
form.  The is because many don't have a C compiler and those that do
gets the same source from usenet, bbs or etc.  

I argree that some source would be very helpful (ex: CTRCAP3.5).

-- 
Darryl Wagoner			
UniSecure Systems, Inc.; 		dpw@unisec.usi.com
Newport,  RI; (401)-849-0857 
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