Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!polyslo!vlsi3b15!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: IA96%PACE.BITNET@VMA.CC.CMU.EDU (IA96000) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: centel corp. and viruscan Message-ID: <0006.8909261115.AA03941@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 25 Sep 89 23:14:00 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion ListLines: 21 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu in a recent message to this list from david gursky, he made a statement which needs to be corrected. he made the statement "if the author of a package wants to limit the sources from which his or her work is available, fine! but by doing so you forfeit the right to label,your work as shareware!" this is not so. shareware is for the most part copyrighted and mr. mcafee's software does indeed carry a copyright! as the owner of a work which is copyrighted, j. mcafee caN CALL IT SHAREWARE OR ANY OTHER NAME HE DESIRES, EVEN FREEWARE, AND STILL MAINTAIN THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT DISTRIBUTE HIS COPYRIGHTED WORK! A copyrighted work is the sole property of the holder of the copyright.like it or not, that is the law of the land. until such time a case comes to court, copyrighted shareware remains the property of the copyright holder, who may decide who has the right to distribute such work. the opinions expressed here are my own.