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From: podop03@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Kriston J. Rehberg)
Subject: Re: Amax on a 3000: need MacROM 2.0
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Date: Fri, 10 May 1991 01:26:34 GMT

In article <1991May9.154358.22428@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>,
es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
|>	Not that many, but there are lots of Apple employees and
|>I have no doubt Apple lawyers. What you are asking for is
|>blatantly illegal. If you do it, fine. But posting here asking
|>for an illegal program is just REALLY arrogant.

No, a program designed to copy the Mac roms off the AMAX cartridge is
NOT illegal.  It is PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE.  People who want faster
startup times on AMAX can get MACROM so they don't have to wait for the
data to load off the cartridge.  The only thing illegal is the ACT of
using the program to make unauthorized copy of the MAC roms (that is, if
you copy ROMS that you don't already own).  According to your logic,
disk copying utilities and hard disk backup utilities are illegal in
themselves even for making backups of your own licensed software that
you had bought.

You can't jump to conclusions when you don't know all the facts.  This
program is not illegal.  This is the same mentality Apple takes toward
AMAX and Apple clones.  They are just complaining that people can use
their software hardware when all we buy from them is the system software chips.


|>	-- Ethan
|>
|>"Brain! Brain! What is Brain?"

Best regards,
Kris                      

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