Date   : Tue, 15 Jul 1986202:05:00-MDT
From   : Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA>
Subject: Taking a stand - revisited

Bernie, please remove the "Taking a stand" message from your bulletin
board.  The reason I removed that message from my system was because I
was just leaving for my vacation and didn't want to deal with the
controversy at that time.  Bob Freed convinced me that I should not
remove BYE5/KMD - I should let the users of my RCP/M decide for
themselves.  I have therefore restored those files and they, along
with NUBYE/NUKMD, are available on my system.

I have replaced the file -BYE5KMD.NOT with a revised version by the
same name.  It is enclosed below.

--Keith

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The BYE5xx and KMDxx files will be available for downloading but will
not be supported by this system.

BYE and KMD were public domain programs which are now copyrighted by
Irv Hoff and Wayne Masters.  We join many other RCP/M SysOps in
protesting the "appropriation" of public domain programs by people
who then modify them and copyright them.  This is not in the true
spirit of RCP/M public domain programming.

For those who don't know, BYE was originally written by Dave
Jaffe.  KMD is a renamed XMODEM, which was originally written
by me, based on Ward Christensen's MODEM2 program.

You are encouraged to download and forward the public domain
replacements for BYE5xx and KMDxx:

  NUBYE100.LBR - public domain version of BYE5
  NUKMD100.LBR - public domain version of KMD
  NU-CLOCK.LBR - clock inserts for NUBYE
  NUBY-SUP.LBR - supplimental library for NUBYE
  NUBY-INS.LBR - port and modem inserts for NUBYE

There are many added features to them.  MOST importantly,
they are now back in the public domain for all of us to
contribute to - and feel good about it.

--Keith Petersen, W8SDZ - Co-Sysop of RCP/M Royal Oak (MI)