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Re: OMG!

Paul Guertin wrote:

> "J.Q.P." <jqp@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If a piece of software is useful (even after all this
> > time), i'd like to have the ability to pay and reward
> > the original authors -- even if all they ask for is a
> > token sum.
>
> I just want to point out that the original author(s) and the
> legitimate copyright holder(s) are often different entities,
> particularly for old game software.

You know Paul, I'm not sure that that is accurate, unless, of course,
the author sold their rights. Usually, one had their program published,
as with a book, and often, once a book is no longer being published,
rights revert to the author. There are, of course, exceptions.

Roy

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>
> Paul Guertin
> pg@sff.net