Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!pacbell!sactoh0!hrlaser From: hrlaser@sactoh0.UUCP (Harv R. Laser) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Multi-tasking Message-ID: <1736@sactoh0.UUCP> Date: 19 Aug 89 17:08:37 GMT References:<1442@esunix.UUCP> Reply-To: hrlaser@sactoh0.UUCP (Harv R. Laser) Organization: SAC-UNIX, Sacramento, Ca. Lines: 30 In article <1442@esunix.UUCP> blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes: > >Compute probably forbids redistribution, but there was a PD/shareware >program that does the same thing that I saw about a year ago. I've >forgotten what it was called, but I think I got it from People Link. > Unless they've changed their policy, Compute's family of magazines forbids public redistribution of anything they publish, whether a "type it in" program in the magazine or a binary on one of their disks. I remember way back when running the Commodore 8-bit club on Plink when folks would type in Basic programs from Compute or Compute's Gazette and upload them and we had to reject them because of Compute's policy. Other current magazines aren't as restrictive. For instance anything on the AmigoTimes disks or from JumpDisk can be redistributed. In some cases (such as AMnews) programs are sold to them with a restricted distribution period specified (in some cases a month or two) after which the program is fair game for uploading/passing around. A good policy is "when in doubt, contact the particular magazine and ask." The little program similar to Compute's "X-Ray" that you're thinking of is probably "HOLE." We still have it on Plink in our data library and no doubt it's on some Fish Disk but not having Fred's catalog handy I couldn't tell you which one. -- | Harv Laser | SAC-UNIX, Sacramento, Ca. | | Plink: CBM*HARV | UUCP=...pacbell!sactoh0 | | "The human brain is the only computer made of meat" |