Re: Applesoft Reference Manual -- Blue Book - unlocked

[James Littlejohn <narguthru@yahoo.com>]

On Jul 16, 9:10 am, David Schmidt <david4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 15, 11:49 pm, "bill.mart...@gmail.com" <bill.mart...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > [...]  We have permission to post the manual so, take down the
> > unlocked version ASAP. [...]
>
> I know I should just stay out of this... but I slept on it, and it
> still bothers me.  So here goes.  :-/
>
> Bill, this manual scan is AWESOME.  It looks great, and is a needed
> piece of history.  Doc. Weyhrich and Brian Wiser have done a great
> service by scanning it for all to see.  Those Commodore guys don't
> know how good they've got it with bombjack. (http://www.bombjack.org/commodore/books.htm
> )  Have you seen the volume of their scans?  Zounds.
>
> Ok, so to my point.  I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV.  I
> didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.  But your
> statement above doesn't quite make sense to me.  Apple Computer, Inc.
> (Now Apple, Inc.) owns the copyright and distribution rights to that
> work.  They just choose not to enforce them.  Unless a Miracle Has
> Occurred (tm) and The Steve Jobs has granted you permission to post a
> derived work, I submit that neither you nor any other of us really has
> "permission" to post the manual.  We have benign disregard from Apple
> in this case and many others.
>
> You wrote and own A.P.P.L.E and derived works.  Copyright,
> distribution rights, everything.  Yours.  No argument there.  But you
> own sole distribution rights to Apple Computer, Inc.'s work (the Blue
> Book)?  Is that what you mean to say?

Believe it or not, in this day and time, there are still individuals/
company's/groups  that are still 'authorized' by Apple to distribute
Apple II documentation and software.

I do know that Bill is one of few people that can say he is
'authorized'.
Not that I agree totally with that, but that is the way it is.