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- From: u2prh@ohm.york.ac.uk (Paul R Hedderly - H601/92)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: ACORN RESPONSE TO !3DICONS
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.094604.7681@ohm.york.ac.uk>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 09:46:04 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.152836.7705@unix.brighton.ac.uk>
- Organization: Electronics Department, University of York, UK
- Lines: 45
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- From article <1993Jan21.152836.7705@unix.brighton.ac.uk>, by rjb12@unix.brighton.ac.uk (Titch):
- > To all those who requested a copy of the !3DIcons toolsprites, I am sorry
- > to tell you that because of the following email I received I am unable to
- > distribute them.
-
- > Please do NOT distribute material which has come into your possesion,
- > by whatever means, which you believe to have originated in Acorn, and
- > which is not explicitly marked as being freely re-distributable. It
-
- You WOT
-
- > In due time I expect Acorn will release an "official" set of 3D tool-
- > sprites (which may differ from what you have, in any case). But it
- > hasn't happened yet, and when it does, there will be a well-defined
- > distribution mechanism. Please do not give anyone else a copy of what
-
- I'm sorry - mayby I missed the point but why can't these sprites - which
- may or may not be the real beta sprites - be passed around? Is there a
- problem with letting ppl have them and then giving them a proper
- replacement set?
-
- > Obviously I cannot personally force you to comply with this request
- > (it would be up to Acorn's legal department to deal with that) but I
- > suggest that it is your own best interests to do so. Acorn has in the
- > past taken legal action against people infringing its copyrights.
-
- Nope - you can't force him to, and I do wonder how serious that threat
- is.
-
- > Sincerely,
- >
- > Mark Taunton.
-
- > Rich Browning (rjb12@bton.unix) * The Intel Plentium: Ethernet controller
-
- Hmm - I am an ardent Acorn fanatic - wouldn't dream of buying anything
- else, but really. Does Acorn have to be so petty and secretive?
-
- Lost for words
- Bungle!!
- --
- Alias ---- Paul Hedderly Anyone got a spare `Victoria'
- (or u2prh@ohm.york.ac.uk) that they wanna sell cheap?
- (or prhedder@nyx.cs.du.edu)
-
-