Mail Archives: opendos/2000/11/23/19:57:23
Hi, I'm back! <g> (e-mail server down a few days, have I missed anything?
;-)
Is the original still available? It would be interesting to see who actually
wrote it, and under what terms it was released ...
Joe.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Moran [SMTP:pmoran22 AT yahoo DOT com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 22 November 2000 1:35
> To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Re: [fd-dev] PKZIP 2.50 for DOS
>
> 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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