Re: Source Code for OS?

["Simon Biber" <simon@basilisk2.cjb.net>]

I'm not surprised that they don't care. I wouldn't care. If you feel that
the software is worth keeping then by all means make the effort to find the
copyright holder.

The thing the law objects to is copying and making the software available to
the public without permission from the copyright holder.

Simon.


"olcott" <olcott@qwest.net> wrote in message
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> If they can't be found after reasonable effort
> (I spent three whole days trying to track down Manx,
> and found two phone numbers in New Jersey that were
> long since disconnected) then the default should be to
> retain these historical  artifacts, rather than destroy them
> to merely be in compliance with the letter-of-the-law,
> that is not serving the intent of the law. Everyone here
> arguing against me on this seems utterly clueless on this
> simple and clear reasoning. It like they are expecting that
> any day now everyone is going to drop all of their
> modern equipment and hundreds-fold more functional
> software and begin a new boom in old Apple Dos 3.3
> use. It aint a gonna happen people! If you really care so
> much about this (rather than arguing endlessly from
> an incorrect point of view) YOU track any of these
> guys down and see for yourself, that they don't care...
> They are the only one's with the authority and power
> to stop this "horrible theft" of valueless propery...
> Put your money where you mouth is...