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Subject: centel corp. and viruscan
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Date: 25 Sep 89 23:14:00 GMT
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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.