Date   : Fri, 16 Nov 1990 20:29:03 GMT
From   : zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!nosun!qiclab!techbook!fzsitvay@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Frank Zsitvay)
Subject: CP/M C compilers

In article <10075@pogo.WV.TEK.COM> rickc@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Rick Clements)
writes:
>
>I bought a C128 a couple years ago.  It has a CP/M licence agreement with it.
>So, I ASSUME that it isn't public domain.  

   version 3, perhaps, but they stopped marketing 2.2 many years ago, 
and i haven't seen any new packages that include 2.2 code, and they
don't support 2.2 anymore, so i guess according to pournelle's
guidlines, it's psuedo pd.
 
   at least, i highly doubt that DR is going to sue you because you
copied a boot disk for someone...
 
   but remember, the bios is the property of the company that wrote it,
usually the manufacturer of the machine, and they can be somewhat sticky
about this...
 
   case in point - Trisoft now holds the rights to pickles and trout
cp/m for the radio shack model 2, 12, and 16.  radio shack stopped
producing the last of the machines perhaps 1 or 2 years ago, and has
stopped supporting the z80 machines (2, 12) altogether, but trisoft
will still sell you a virgin copy of cp/m 2.2 for $125.


-- 
fzsitvay@techbook.COM - but don't quote me on that....

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