[DECtalk] QUESTION

[Michael Hansen]

It's probably like Access 32: Fonix owns it but you can't get a
license to use it.  That's just a guess, though...I have no
information whatsoever to back that up.

On 4/8/11, Dectalk at aol.com <Dectalk at aol.com> wrote:
> I'm throwing this question out because I'm totally confused.   The Dectalk
> 4.40 speak window that comes with the Dic.en file and everything so  it will
> talk.  6 years ago I was told it was public domain.  I think a  lot of
> people pass it out, I include it in my software, I give it out for free,
> I've
> seen it available for download on Dectalk sites, and it was my
> understanding
> that speak window versions of Dectalk were public  domain.
>
> I was just told today that it's not public domain, Fonix owns those  speak
> windows, yet in the same breathe you can't buy a license to sell it.   What?
>  I'm totally confused.
>
> Is the speak window Dectalk public Domain?  I had mine since  the early
> 90's and I thought it was public domain.  Mine was free and I  even still
> have
> the original demo it came with.  It never expires, reads  any size files,
> and I never even knew you could buy it, I thought it was  free.
>
>
> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>