Re: Copyright

[yeo@pigeon.qut.edu.au (Willie Yeo)]

Tony Ward (tward@XXXXenteract.com) wrote:

: Speaking from experience, I have found the opposite to be true. Software
: authors are almost always willing to give the go-ahead if you just ask.
: In fact, I cannot recall a single author who refused a request from Lost
: Classics to reclassify their old software, going back years to things
: like AppleWriter and the Bill Budge titles.

	I could give you a few though .... possibly you may not have 
encountered it just yet.

	The author of 'Bug Attack' is one. He doesn't wish to release it 
as he wants to package it with oldies in a new CD for commerical release.

	I couldn't get a real confirmation for 'Hitchhikers Guide to the 
Galaxy', he has sorta, in principle okayed to it, but I couldn't get it in 
a formal manner. Then he changed his email address. *sigh*

: the software. Obviously just sending e-mail saying, "Can we get your
: neat old game released as freeware?" isn't going to cut it most of the
: time.

	It really depends. Of course, the biggest advantage of Lost 
Classics is that they are based in USA. While Treasure Chest Project is 
based in Australia. They can can cheaply ring inter-state cheaper than I 
can ring on IDD.