#Free Toys
Firstly I'd like to say that you shouldn't have uploaded the "private" e-mail
message from someone else without asking their permission to do so. E-mail is
private and should remain that way unless both parties agree that it should be
made public.
<<I do not want any "special" treatment (relative to Richard Black debate). I
have only said that nobody can put all of my 'Free Toys' on a CD-ROM and make
money with this work.>>
This is inevitable when you offer "free" products. Someone else is going to
someday, somewhere, profit from it. If you uploaded the IPAS routines as "free"
products that demonstrate your IPAS programming then you should be happy that
others want to sell them, it is free advertisting and exposure for you. People
recognize your IPAS routines as being good(can't say I've tried them
personally) then are more confident in purchasing your commercial products.
<<If you consider that do not allowing somebody to use copyrighted material
equivalent to commercial package without paying some
royalties is to be dumb, I am dumb !>>
It's going to happen if you don't want it to. Since uploading them here on
Compuserve, god knows how many people have downloaded it and directly or
indirectly are using it for commercial gain.
Gee, I'm starting to repeat the "Studio City 2000" copyright debate <G>.
BTW I spoke with you briefly at SIGGRAPH, though I spent more time talking to
your charming wife. <g>
DaviD "programming without ego" GouID