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- From: tgreen@iastate.edu (Todd Greenfield)
- Subject: Re: Old Software
- Message-ID: <tgreen.712288496@pv1788.vincent.iastate.edu>
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
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- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 01:54:56 GMT
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- In <9207272152.AA21721@smithkline.com> poehland%phvax.dnet@SMITHKLINE.COM writes:
-
- >In the past couple issues of this Digest several people have expressed quasi-
- >legal opinions on the legality of copying abandoned software. Judging by the
- >contradictory nature of those opinions, the legal issues are just as murky as
- >the moral ones.
- I'll second that. This isn't really a clear cut issue. Sure we'd
- like to support the authors of 8bit software, but the reality is
- that there aren't any authors left, and the old software can be
- difficult to find. In the past, the software companies and authors
- were actually hurt by 8bit piracy, but now that point is moot.
- The only people it still hurts are those retailers that still
- carry the stuff.
-
- my $.02
-
- Todd
- --
- Todd Greenfield
- tgreen@iastate.edu
-