Status of PROFF (in case it is confusing)
Ozan Yigit
oz at yetti.UUCP
Sun Jan 19 11:07:52 AEST 1986
I received several messages about the status of PROFF. Perhaps
my initial note was somewhat confusing:
o PROFF is written by myself, year-and-a-half ago, by first
translating Software TOols FORMAT from RATFOR to C. It was
written specifically to supplement the microcomputer environment
established in the Faculty of Administrative Studies, York U.
o Upon some discussion with the Admin. Studies, we decided to
release it to the world, without a copyright notice. This would
make PROFF Public Domain.
o At the same time, sources were handed over to them, for their
own maintenance. They are likely to make some changes, improve
it, and hack it to suit their needs.
o Future revisions of PROFF, as generated by The Faculty of
Administrative Studies may contain York University COPYRIGHT.
[that is a big MAYBE]. I do not think that would mean much,
since we would distribute it in source level anyway.
o If you want to make money out of PROFF, go right ahead.
[I think, by the time you are finished, you would have
done a major re-write anyway. So you perhaps deserve to
make some money out of it :-)].
I hope that this note clerifies PROFF's status, in case
you are not sure.
Oz
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