Re: Abandonware petition

[russotto@user138.dsli.com (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <20010719122643.29030.00000311@ng-ch1.aol.com>,
Cturley2 <cturley2@aol.com> wrote:
>Brendon Woirhaye wrote in his reply:
>
><< Although this is an honourable idea, it isn't as simple as it looks.
>
>I did some research a couple months back into Copy ][+, which is owned by
>the company that I work for (Symantec Corporation, which acquired Central
>Point about 8 or 9 years back).  Although the company has no financial
>interest in the old product, and won't prosecute anyone for using an
>unlicensed copy or even distributing it, the company cannot afford to
>release it as public domain.

Doesn't matter.  Copy ][+ is illegal under the anticircumvention
provisions of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
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Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
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of justice is no virtue." 
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