Re: TWGS EPROM v1.8 Archive Available

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

sloopy malibu wrote:

> yeah, i check the page and the dating on it reads 1996-1999 so it is probable
> it is
> just old... it also maybe a CYA manuver (he may have asked former AE employees
> but they may not know who truly owns the rights to it)
>
> here is a question for people at large....
> what does he do with the royalty money?

If whoever has the rights to it has allowed him to distribute them isn't
asking for royalty money then there is none

> also another question i get asked....
> i recently bought a used computer with a ton of software on its drive
> i also got the manuals, but the disks were lost/ thrown out (etc) can i still
> copy the software off the drive and sell it to others as legal copies?
>
> my OPINION on this is yes but i am asked it alot so i was interested in others
> opinion on it...

I guess this is a general questin not an Apple II specific one.
I believe in the computer world having a manual doesn't confer any rights to
the software. I don't think anyone considers buying a hard drive with programs
installed does. Generally you need the origional disks usually with the serial
number to have any rights to either own or sell.


> (why do i have the feeling i opened a can of worms? hmm dunno...)
>
> sloopy.
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> My last message....
> The web page is out of date and last I heard via e-mail was that he does
> indeed have permission to distribute it from people formerly of AE.  I am
> not sure why he hasn't updated his web page, but I think it might have to do
> with the fact that he has sold almost zero of anything the last few years.
> I could be wrong of course.
>
> So as far as word from ///SHH Systeme goes, they do have permission.  At
> least that is what the e-mail response I got when I inquired sometime back
> about what my options were if any for obtaining an updated Rom so that I
> could update the cache.
>
> Dain
>
> > From: sloopy malibu <sloopym@home.com>
> > Organization: @Home Network
> > Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
> > Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 20:33:19 GMT
> > Subject: Re: TWGS EPROM v1.8 Archive Available
> >
> > Roy,
> >
> > i usually try to keep out of this 'holy war' but when i read this message,
> > i thought 'wait a minute' i remembered something about this rom....
> > and going through ///SHH Systme's web site at this url:
> >
> > http://www.wbwip.com/shh/twgscache.html
> >
> > i found this...
> >