Re: Lots can happen in a few days..(RE: this Pacman thing)

[GUDATH@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH (Henrik 'Boris Grishenko' Gudat)]

In <4mjec7$ij8@redwood.northcoast.com> blinky@northcoast.com writes:

> i originally posted asking about Pacman for my gs, hoping to get a 
> version of it.  i got ms.pacman to work from the "Pacmania" disk which i 
> was very pleased with.  Obviously i don't care if someone "violateds a 
> copyright" for this game, which came out before i was born i'm sure, 

Common sense and law aren't perfect substitutes. Even if the deal seems ok for
you and the original author, it may still be a violation of copyrights.
Usually, people only start caring about copyrights when they own copyrights
themselves, and not before. That's the problem.

> only computer.  If there is a clean, shrink-wrapped version that is all 
> nice and updated with books etc. and it's gauranteed to work, i'll gladly 
> pay a nominal fee for it, but nothing like $60 or whatever software seems 

So you want a box with disk and manual for $10?

Oh well.

- henrik(tm)