Re: AppleWorks GS and reclassification

[Willie Yeo <willie@ssc.qld.edu.au>]

Cturley2 wrote:

> Wille seems to want to make his varifications only by email though, which of
> course is free.

    Sheeesh ... leave me out of the flame wars.

    But let me maintain this stand, as *ahem* CEO of Treasure Chest Project, and I
believe A2 Delphi's Lost Classics would also maintain the same stance; it is not
compelling enough evidence of a phone call (IMHO) that so-and-so says it is ok.
When you battle it out in a court of law, it is not enough a supporting evidence.
I chose to take 2 preferred options for Treasure Chest Project :

    i)    A direct email verification from the author / copyright owner where the
email origin
          can be sighted.

    ii)    A verifiable newsgroup annoucement by the author / copyright owner.

> This was an easy one for me.  But, it was costly involving several long
> distance telephone calls by me - at my expense to obtain the transfer
> of the copyright to me and 1WSW.  I never made one penny with it
> either and never intended to!  So, "All it takes is mailing a signed and
> witnessed letter to someone that states the change in status" is not
> the only way to do it.   It can be very involved and very expensive.

    Well, not to make things too difficult to anyone, but in the interest of the
Treasure Chest Project or Lost Classics Project, we only maintain verifiable
DISTRIBUTABLE Reclassifed Software.

> I've made many efforts and have contacted others also by long distance
> telephone calls as well as with email contact and with some I was
> successful - as with Medley, which cost me over $50 in long distance phone
> calls before I could get it reclassified from commercial to freeware status.
> With others the cost and involvement was more than I cared to deal with and
> simply gave up on them.

    Certainly, Medley GS is commendable, and it was verified by the copyright
owners that it is such (reclassified freeware software). Certainly, as I echo
again, most of us who do these, are out of love. Treasure Chest Project was born
on a labour of love, and even so, is still being continued that way. Nobody is
forced to be involved in the reclassification race. Neither Treasure Chest Project
or Lost Classics Project will earn profits from it, and it is only that it will
benefit all, and we will not have monetary gain. Both projects are non-commercial
in nature.

> They still remain commercial and they still are not and will not be made
> available from my web site or any other site that I have any say or control
> with.

    You are the existing copyright owner, we will respect your wishes. You will
choose how you want to release the software, how much to charge for it and how you
want to prosecute people for pirating it.