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Re: Roms and Emulators - Legal?
- Subject: Re: Roms and Emulators - Legal?
- From: Paul Guertin <pg@sff.net>
- Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 22:59:22 +0900
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Amalgamated Karma
- References: <960920$cqu$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
- Reply-to: pg@sff.net
- Xref: supernews.google.com comp.sys.apple2:5911
lucidclarity@my-deja.com wrote:
> I'm trying to find out whether it is legal to have or distribute Apple
> II roms of games (ie. Zork, Pirates, etc)
Unlike console emulators, Apple II emulators uses disk images, not
ROM images. Most emulators also need a "ROM file" to run (an image
of $D000-$FFFF), but this is not what you're talking about.
> Are they still legally copyrighted?
Most are. Some have been reclassified as freeware or put in the
public domain.
> Can I distribute them on a website?
We have a couple huge flamewars every year about that.
Paul Guertin
pg@sff.net