Re: Campaign to Preserve ORIGINAL versions of ancient Apple ][ Games

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

phoenyx writes ...
> 
> Somehow I think we got mixed up here. My references were only for the
> original era of the II. Software, piracy and other Apple II issues in
> today's environment are a completely different issue,

     Yes. Thanks to our archives plus user awareness, software piracy is
practically non-existent today. About the only way to actually pirate
anything is to find someone who has ProTerm 3.1 or Spectrum or Ultima/gs or
some other relatively recent Apple II commercial release and convince the
owner to send a copy.


> some of which I
> simply prefer to avoid and most which have already been hashed to death.
> 
> Personally I see no reason to attempt creating a new software market for
> II programs. It isn't something that one could justify for the time
> invested.

     The time invested need not be so great. Really, all that is required is
that those with some Apple II software worth selling offer the software at a
price users will pay.


> I would however like to see a movement towards more open source
> programs. Not necessarily for the code or information sharing but more as
> a method of community involvement.
 ....

     Well, I would be interested in the information. Again, though, it would
be fair for programmers to put some price on this sort of information.



Rubywand