Mail Archives: opendos/2000/11/23/18:51:03
Why is that unbelieveable?
Gates was hollering "piracy" Way back in 1975 when he took his BASIC that he
wrote for the Altair, which was copied from public domain BASIC written in
1966, on a university computer owned by the USA governemnt, whe some of the
hobbiest at the meeting copied his paper tape containing the BASIC which he
stole. He has been hollering piracy ever since.
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas W. Jewitt" <twjewitt AT ziplink DOT net>
To: <alainm AT pobox DOT com>
Cc: "FreeDos List" <fd-dev AT topica DOT com>; <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: [fd-dev] PKZIP 2.50 for DOS
> Unbelievable
>
> Alain wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > in my last message I stressed the point about free software.
> > Believe it or not, here in Brazil we are back to the times of
> > the GESTAPO. With the new software law (sponsored by Micro$oft)
> > people are being stopped at public places such as airports by
> > by a federal agent and summoned to open their notebooks
> > for review. It is against a few constitutional wrights, but it is
> > beein done all the same.
> >
> > Just to gice you a good picture, the fine for having a WinZip
> > after the 30 days tryal period is $45 * 3000 = $135,000.00
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