Re: .dsk - What Software??

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Sun, 30 Jan 2000 05:26:23 -0600, Steve <stingray@webzone.net>
wrote:

>John wrote:
>
>> I guess I fail to see why the issue of piracy came up in the first place...
>>
>
>As do I. I'm talking about downloading software for use with a computer that I
>tinker with in my spare time. I'm not "Pirating" commercial software that is
>intended to get anything productive done. I do all my work on a PPC. My GS is
>a once-in-a-while toy, nothing more. Also AFAIK I haven't downloaded anything
>which is not in the public domain. I suppose that I'm possibly being a little
>overly naive in this assumption.

As was so succinctly put in the A2 forum on Delphi, "At least 98% of
dsk files are pirated software" and to paraphrase that statement "At
least 98% of .shk (or other regular Apple II format) files are not
pirated software".  :-)

It all depends on what you are downloading.  The reason pirating came
into it was that the original question was asking how to write the
contents of a .dsk image, which is most likely pirated software, to a
real 5.25" drive on an Apple II.

There are a few legal programs on .dsk images like my program selector
that I released a couple years ago but most are definitely being
illegally distributed.

Similarly, there are a few illegal programs in regular Apple II
formats out there but most are perfectly legal to download and use.

Does my original bit of fun make sense now?  :-)

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