Re: Asimov Mirror Sites ... and the illegality myth

[buseyl@my-deja.com]

In article <20000525114918.18372.00000061@ng-cg1.aol.com>,
  cturley2@aol.com (Cturley2) wrote:
> blakeney@home.com wrote:
> <<Yeah.  I don't think I'll bother pointing out to him, again, the
> software license agreements on old Apple II software, which is the
> last publicly expressed wishes of those copyright holders, that
> explicitly state that those sites can't do what they are doing.>>
>
> Wonderful, I hope you follow your thoughts on the above.  There's no sense
> wasting your valuable time with such redundant posted warnings to the public
> anyway.   The public will always do what they want to do and nothing you or
> others can say will alter the public views and actions they take towards each
> other and with their own personal views and habits.

* What a dim view of society Tom. God forbid if someone is sitting on the
fence or has an open mind.

>  You could spend such time in the future in a more constructive way by
> developing and releasing your shareware for the Apple II community to use and enjoy.

Why would Jeff want to write software for the Apple II community when many of
them don't respect intellectual property? The public will always do what they
want to do and so will Jeff. It's a amazing that some people still love this
platform enough to continue development for it.

Liam Busey

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