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PD software

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    20-Jun-88 18:00:05
Sb: PD software
Fm: Greg White 72105,1616
To: John Foust/AMICUS 77237,135

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Seeing your association with AMICUS PD stuff and your {past|present|future|} association with Amazing Computing, maybe you can answer a question for me concerning a type-in program in the latest issue of AC, e.g. the BASIC DIRECTORY SERVICE PROGRAM. What is the status of this program with respect to my typing this in and then uploading it to CIS or a local board, or giving a copy to a friend? The REM statements at the beginning of the program indicate the copyright resides with the author and in these same statements he designates the program as "freeware." So in your opinion is this program "FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE" under the common meaning of the term? Thanks.