Re: Concerning seeing in Tunnel-vision and only Black & White

[Slick <PAYSlick_RCBD@hotmail.com>]

Greg Buchner wrote:
> 
> In article <1998060917283900.NAA16019@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
> cturley2@aol.com (Cturley2) wrote:
> 
> >Greg Buchner wrote this astute logic and blanket conclusion thread:
> >
> >"Why does Rubywand need to reach this Chuck Haight?  Why doesn't he just start
> >making the stuff available.  After all, if it's "OK" to do that to software
> >that's no longer available, it should be "OK" to do it to copyrighted material
> >out of a magazine.
> >
> >Rubywand does seem to have two different views on violating the copyright law
> >here.  It's OK for software he wants available, but it's not OK for magazine
> >articles he already has."
> >
> >To which I reply in a tone and manner that I do hope you can comprehend and
> >properly respond to:
> >
> >Greg,
> >
> >(A) Rubywand DOES NOT have all the Computist magazines. Those he does have and
> >the articles he authored from them have been made available. Check my web site
> >and Ground for them. All that could be made available were made available.
> >But, then seeing as how you are such a highly enlightened A2 guru, you already
> >knew that - didn't you?
> 
> Nope, didn't know that...didn't know that I was a highly enlightened A2
> guru either.  I do now realize that he didn't say that he had them all,
> I've just lost track of a few things trying to recover from going without
> power for 3 3/4 days.  I've had a lot of stuff I've been trying to catch
> up on reading and only glanced over some things.
> 
> >(B) Rubywand needs to reach this Chuck Haight because he might well be the only
> >human on the planet who still has all Computist issues.  After all Chuck Haight
> >was the Editor for it's duration.  Again, I'll try to make it crystal clear for
> >you, Rubywand doesn't have any more computist issues nor articles he authored
> >to release.
> 
> Yep, fine.
> 
> >(C) through (E)
> 
> Don't care too much either way.  It's just gotten to be a bit boring.
> 
> >Cheers,
> >Tom
> 
> What does concern me about what Rubywand did say:
> >As the owner, he would be the one to
> >contact for setting up a free or for sale on-CD release of the Computist
> >archives.
> 
> If Rubywand could get all the Computist issues, would he make them
> publicly available, or would he have a different standard for that than
> he does for software.  That's how he's been coming across, that he needs
> permission to put the Computist stuff out, when he doesn't seem to care
> about programmers and their programs.
> 
And assuming he had the times and means to convert them to electronic
format, you have a VERY GOOD point. Let's await the answer...
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