Re: News items from a2central.com

[Phoenyx <quazar@dcnet2000.com>]

> 2) ?Confusion ensues over status of Merlin software?

> ?Earlier this week, Glen Bredon's widow, Anne Bredon, released his 
> software-including the popular Merlin assembler-as public domain, 
> including the source code. Some confusion has now arisen as to whether 
> or not the release of Merlin is valid, as-at least when it was being 
> sold-its copyright was held not by Glen Bredon, but by Roger Wagner 
> Publishing....?

As I understand the copyright law, Mrs. Bredon has the right to distribute this.
Glen was not an employee of Roger Wagner. He created this software on his own
and Roger Wagner was simply the distributor. The only possible problem would be
any version which Roger Wagner specifically requested for marketing under his
label. In this case, it would most likely be the Merlin 8/16 version which came
out before the Merlin GS version.

Another possible point. This was Mr. Bredon's personal copy of this program and
source code and quite possibly customized for his use. Since this version was
never distributed, it most likely belongs to his heir along with any of his
other possessions.

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Thank you for your time and interest. I hope it was helpful
or at least interesting.

Phoenyx,

Apple2 user since March 1984

Links to Phoenyx's pages:
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