Re: AES 4.1

[root@thelbane.brisnet.org.au (Dancer)]

> 
> Xav wrote:
> 
> > A while ago I asked if anyone could give me an ftp address for AES 
> > 4.1. Some kind soul actually sent me a copy, but to make life easier 
> > for other people, I'd like to actually put a link to an FTPable copy 
> > on my web pages.
> > 
> > Unfortunately I can't get archie to tell me anything that isn't to do 
> > with Latex fonts or Novell networks! Does someone have a full ftp 
> > address at all?
> 
> I guess there is no ftp'able copy of AES 4.1 out there because it is
> just plain illegal to distribute a copyrighted work for which you
> don't have a valid license allowing you to distribute the work.  The
> copy you got is an illegal bootleg copy, too, I suppose.  (Or did I
> miss something?  Did Atari allow free redistribution of AES 4.1?)

Nope. You're right on the ball, Mike. Atari did not (and do not) permit
GEM (or parts thereof) to be be freely distributed because (despite the
development work that they have done) they still do not _own_ it. An Atari
exec once sighed, and grumbled to me that he wished AES4+ could be
distributed free, but that they owed money on every copy.

I think (from what I was told) that the present holder of the rights to
GEM is Xerox, from when DRI fell over.


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