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>From article <2ghik0$o...@inxs.concert.net>, by jrj...@rock.concert.net (John R. Johns II):

> Contents of VENDOR.DOC included with the Shareware DOOM:
>      NOTICE TO VENDORS:  IN ORDER TO COMMERCIALLY DISTRIBUTE OR IN 
> ANY WAY DISTRIBUTE THIS PROGRAM, YOU MUST FIRST EXECUTE ID 
> SOFTWARE, INC.'S VENDOR'S LICENSE.  YOU MAY OBTAIN A COPY OF THE
> VENDOR'S LICENSE BY WRITING TO:  ID SOFTWARE, INC., 18601 LBJ
> FRWY., SUITE 615, DALLAS, TEXAS 75150.   DO NOT CALL!

> That's it.  So, if any vendor distributes the game without FIRST contacting
> ID...they've broken the law, period.

Actually, they've gone against ID's wishes.  ID *may* be able to
enforce their desires through the legal system.  I'm not a lawyer,
I don't know what the outcome would be.

But to my knowledge, ID does not have the authority to write any
laws.  That's left up to our elected officials.  I think I'd prefer
it the other way around.  Well, maybe not.  Can you imagine what
DOOM would be like if a bunch of politicians wrote it?  It would
take up 25 terrabytes of disk space initially, grow by 1 gigabyte
a day, and do absolutely nothing!  You'd never be able to get rid
of it either.  Just pass it on from generation to generation,
borrowing disk space from foreign countries to keep it alive.

Dave Haertig
hae...@att.com