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From: farren@hoptoad.UUCP (Mike Farren)
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Subject: Re: NeWS up and running on Amiga
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Date: Tue, 21-Jul-87 02:11:39 EDT
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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 87 01:38:42 PDT
From: hoptoad.UUCP!farren@cgl.ucsf.edu (Mike Farren)
Subject: Re: NeWS up and running on Amiga
To: news-makers-request@brillig.umd.edu

In article <479@sbcs.UUCP> root@sbcs.UUCP (Root) writes:
[re. an Amiga port of NeWS]
>
>As for distributing AmigaNeWS, I've been told by Sun that I cannot distribute
>it under any circumstances - before you go bashing them, though, remember
>that they've had quite a few folks working for YEARS on NeWS, and believe it
>or not, they would like to recoup their investment.  Can't say I blame them.
>Anyways, I hope to get them a copy of the reference port of NeWS so at the
>very least they can distribute it to other source licensees. 
>

How about allowing distribution of the binary only at the same cost ($100)
as their own NeWS binaries, said money to be payable to Sun?  Seems to me 
that would give Sun income, and allow a nifty new product to be out in the
real world, expanding NeWS's utility and exposure.  Not allowing distribution
of any NeWS ports is certainly gonna restrict NeWS's use -- not all of us
have Suns on our desks, after all.



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                 "... if the church put in half the time on covetousness
Mike Farren      that it does on lust, this would be a better world ..."
hoptoad!farren       Garrison Keillor, "Lake Wobegon Days"