Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:19379 misc.legal:5866 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!percival!qiclab!jamesd From: jamesd@qiclab.UUCP (James Deibele) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,misc.legal Subject: Re: PK vs ARC - Thom Henderson Speaks Message-ID: <1683@qiclab.UUCP> Date: 19 Sep 88 07:07:28 GMT References:<8851@cup.portal.com> <6085@ihlpf.ATT.COM> <613@unisv.UUCP> <6458@dasys1.UUCP> Reply-To: jamesd@qiclab.UUCP (James Deibele) Organization: Qic Laboratories, Portland, Oregon. Lines: 26 In article <6458@dasys1.UUCP> tbetz@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Betz) writes: >In the process of trying to sort out the SEA vs. PK situation, >Thom Henderson posted this statement on Magpie HQ (212) 420-0527. [...] There is an active "boycott SEA" movement both on usenet and FidoNet , which undoubtedly cost SEA money and will cost them more in the future. SEA spent $40,000 in legal costs laying the groundwork to take PKware to court, money which they might have lost. SEA offered to license PKware for "non-commercial" (i.e. shareware), but PKware turned it down. If you were being called an asshole across the world, wouldn't you feel spite towards the people that lead to that? Particularly if you were right? The complete text of the communication between PKware and SEA that was filed in the appropriate court was typed in by someone who favored PKware. After reading the letters between attorneys, I favor SEA. And that, boys and girls, is why we have courts. It's interesting to me that PKware was able to cough up $62,500 ($40,000 in legal fees, $22,500 in damages) to pay to SEA to settle the case out of court. The text is available upon request, if there's enough interest, I'll post (it probably runs 20K or more). -- James S. Deibele jamesd@qiclab or jamesd@percival TECHBooks: The Computer Book Specialists (800) TECH-BKS 3646 SE Division Portland, OR 97202 (503) 238-1005 TECHBooks One BBS (#1:105/4.0); 3/12/24 (503) 760-1473