Subject: Re: AppleWorks 5 on Ground?
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From: apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian,,,)
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Date: 9 Oct 1999 01:10:10 GMT
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From article <199910081650.SAA60960@mail1.uni-muenster.de>, by Anonymous-Remailer@See.Comment.Header (Penman):
> 
> Sigh. Here we go again.  This is the reason a lot of people has decided
> not to use Ground anymore, since it's turning into a pirate site.
> AppleWorks 5 is NOT public domain, and while we all know that it's not
> available anymore, many people such as Bev, the Lost Classics folk  and
> others are working, trying to get Apple Corporation to release it as
> public domain.
> 
> Having illegal copies up on Ground makes that reclassification work that
> much harder.  Hopefully Steve will see this thread and remove it. 
> 
> 
> Penman
> 


Huh?  Excuse me, Appleworks 5 does not exist on ground.ecn, never has, and
never will until it is released as public domain, freeware, or shareware.

Are you trying to provoke another flamewar?

Ground has never allowed commercial software.  Accusations of piracy were
never true, and started by persons for malicious reasons.

I am open to disagreement about what is and isn't commercial, but
Appleworks has never been in dispute.  Enough said.

What is on the ground is the public release of the update program for
appleworks 5.0 to 5.1  (or was it 4.3 to 5.0?)  Read the file
Mirrors/caltech/addons/patches/aw51.update.txt .

Also, Penman, please include a valid email address and preferably a real
name in your posts.  It is rude of me to chastise you in a public forum,
but you provide no alternatives.  Do not be so ashamed of you are.  Most
people on csa2 are willing to help you even if they did know your true
identity.  Also, if you have a concern about a file on the ground apple2
archive, perhaps you could contact me privately by e-mail first, before
making an erroneous public statement.  'Saves face' as the saying goes.

I hope the rest of your day goes better than this!

  --Steve


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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)