Discontinued Software, The Law, Morals and Hypercard

[J. Landman Gay]

James Spencer wrote:
> On Jan 22, 2006, at 4:19 AM, Mathewson wrote:
> 
>> Recently I had an interesting correspondence with a lawyer
>> in the US stimulated by my earlier posting re Apple and
>> Hypercard.
>>
>> The reasons behind my previous posting were:
>> ...
>> sincerely, Richmond Mathewson
> 
> 
> This is off-topic and massively embarrassing to me personally but I  
> feel I need to apologize to the list as I'm the dimwitted lawyer that  
> this turkey is referring to. 

I don't think you have anything to apologize for. You told the truth. 
Basically you said it was illegal but Apple wouldn't know if a copy was 
given to a friend. I don't see anything wrong with that.

The extrapolation of your advice by someone else isn't your 
responsibility. He took it too far.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
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