Paul, at 19:17 on Apr 23 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Only problem with that comment is that I don't consider the USR's ATZ 
BG> behaviour to be a deficiency, only a quirk about which I'm very well aware.

PE> Very well aware long after you bought your modem. 

I was actually on my 4th USR before I knew about that.  So?

PE> Anyway, a deficiency IS a quirk which can cause problems.

For the brain-dead perhaps.  It never bit me before I knew about it.

BG> Pity that the code happens to be USR's intellectual property, isn't it?

RS> I dont give a damn, neither do you Bill, you are just shitty that anyone
RS> dares to mention the slightest wart in a USR modem. Mindless zealotry Bill.

BG> What are you on about here?  The USR's code is indeed copyrighted, so you 
BG> can't just start mass-producing it without stealing it.  Not that I 
BG> personally give a stuff anyway.

PE> Mass-produce the hardware, not the software.  That was well
PE> explained, several times, try to keep up. 

Oh crap, the hardware is easily (and probably quite legally) copyable, as
it simply uses generic components.  We were actually discussing copying the
ROM code which controls the hardware, and that is indeed copyrighted
material.

Regards, Bill

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