Re: Campaign to Preserve ORIGINAL versions of ancient Apple ][ Games

[tturner@ecn.ab.ca ()]

The Apple II Mail Group (a2mg@aol.comNomail) wrote:
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: I released full details of some of my patches (in the interest of informing the
: public), and another programmer went out and reproduced the same damn thing!

: Beverly Cadieux 
: The Apple II Mail Group - Cooking!
: http://members.aol.com/A2MG 

--> Though I seem to be on your shit list for some reason; I can
    certainly sympathize with how frustrated and annoyed you probably
    feel. And though you don't need (or probably care for) my support;
    I can still see how things like this have demoralized the programmers
    who still care enough to put whatever efforts they do, into the A2
    paradigm. How discouraging it must be, piracy issues aside; to have
    efforts stolen. And stolen is exactly the correct term; as even those
    who acquire someone elses efforts and then falsely claim them to be
    their own; know that they are immorally capitalizing on someone
    elses work. Unfortunately, the perpetuators obviously don't care.

    They'll just take the rewards (which may or may not be fiscal) and
    to hell with the rest. It's been that way for years.

    (and I am only commenting in a general sense and not referring to
     ANY specific reference.)

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