Re: GEOS Software...

["Charles T. Turley" <cturley@wco.com>]

Concerning the GEOS software bundles for the Apple II computer; I 
contacted the last known copyright holderand was informed that he was 
unsure if he had any rights or authority for the programs as ported to 
the Apple II platform and I then contacted the legal eagles from the 
original company in Berkeley, CA - about the remote possibilities of 
having the GEOS software ports for the Apple II computer reclassified as 
freeware (for legal distribution to the public) via ftp and/or www sites 
- about 3 months ago.

In general - I was informed that as a result of red-tap, past disputes 
of ownership, copyright problems, etc. the request was not possible. 
According to the information I obtained in the tel-con the individual 
states that he really wasn't certain of just who owned the rights to the 
GEOS for the Apple II computers and there was no method to find any 
clear and concise proof of exactly who does hold the copyright to GEOS 
for the Apple II computers. So, it's no longer available other than via 
used retailers of Apple II software - if and when you can find it from 
any of them.

For use with Apple II emulators - an alternative that should present no 
legal problems from the unknown copyright holders might be to simply 
make all of the GEOS programs for the Apple II computers available via 
somebody uploading them as disk images to Asimov.

Cheers,
Tom