"winston19842005" <bjjlyates@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:C360194E.69A1%bjjlyates@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Ok, got a question for you guys.
>
> Hopefully, it is on-topic...
>
> If you had a BASIC compiler for a long-dead computer, that you bought 20
> years ago, and have no way of reaching the author or company (I have
tried
> for about the last 10 years)...
>
> This is a company on U.S. Soil - would you release the software to your
> fellow community?
>
> It is the ONLY full compiler for BASIC on the target machine.
>
> I know what the community thinks now - or at least the half that doesn't
> care about copyrights... I've actually been accused of doing the
community
> a
> "disservice" by not releasing the software much earlier... Gee, I paid
for
> it - they didn't...
>
> I also know there has been a push to release such "dead" software from
> copyright, but the progress has been slow and apparently, from what I've
> heard, has been weakened and may not even cover such gems...
>
There have been major problems with GFA BASIC.
The authors of the new package have had a difficult job getting the owner
to cooperate. I see it is for sale, although I have no idea if there are
any
lawsuits
against products created with it.
jj
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