Re: Reclassification of commercial softwares

[guenter@student.uni-kl.de (Marvin)]

rubywand@aol.com wrote:

:      Getting Medley reclassified is, certainly, a valuable contribution.

Agreed! Keep up the good Work Dr. Tom! (Hear that, all the guys who say
Turley has not done anything good for the Apple II)


:      Unfortunately, as the problems with Word Perfect/gs demonstrate, one may obtain well-meant agreements and emails from individuals in a company's bureaucracy. Yet, when the 'dust clears', one may, still, not have a valid release.

:      This underscores the challenges involved in getting old Apple II wares reclassified for release into the public domain. Many wares have been sold, transferred as part of a settlement, reverted to an obscure programmer, etc.. Often, the owning corporation or individual is not even aware of possessing rights to a product. Then, too, owners and potential owners are not always enthusiastic about digging through old records. 

All the guys who want to help, should always remember two things:

1) Be persistent! You will need to do a lot of detective work and you will need to
deal with a lot of desk jockeys. To increase their motivation, you may offer them
to release the program as SHAREware if they don't want to release it for free.

2) GET A WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THEM. Otherwise I accept no responsibility for
   flame attacks from csa2 Vogons, no matter how good your intentions are. :)

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