Re: Mystery House

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

w.yeo@qut.edu.au writes ...
> 
>         If someone would like to tell me WHERE they saw the article that > Mystery House has reclassified, I want to know !!!
> 
>         According to Sierra, Mystery House is NOT reclassified. Anyone wants to
> follow this up ??? There must be an article somewhere that says it is.
> 
> -----CORRESPONDENCE WITH SIERRA-----
> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 12:34:47 -0700
> From: Adventure <Adventure@sierra.com>
> To: 'Willie Yeo' <w.yeo@qut.edu.au>
> Subject: RE: Mystery House
> 
> Willie,
> There are no Sierra titles which are "public domain" the minimum license
> we have on our software is a 50 year license.  Until the license
> expires, the software is not free.  By the way, we haven't even come
> close to having Mystery House out for 50 years.
> 
> Please ask us if you have further questions and be sure to include the
> entire thread of messages.
> 
> Joshua
> Sierra Tech. Support for Adventure/RPG
> adventure@sierra.com
> http://www.sierra.com/support
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    Below is a copy of a Csa2 post responding to a question from you
about the same game. It is dated 1998/03/28 ...


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In article <6ffe1l$qgb$1@dove.qut.edu.au>, yeo@pigeon.qut.edu.au (Willie
Yeo) wrote:
>        I know that Mystery House was placed onto the Public Domain by 
>Sierra On-Line when they celebrated their 10th anniversary in 1987.

Yes, 'tis true.

>        Does anyone has a copy of the declaration ? Either a UseNet post, 
>magazine carrying the statement or press release from Sierra will be great 
>to put it on the Treasure Chest Project.

Willie, I read the annoucement on the Phantasmagoria I CD in the Mystery
House 
directory.  It was along with all the screen shots and was a copy of the 
letter from '87.  I am sure if you looked over that Roberta Williams
anthology 
set you'd find it perhaps?  If not I could get it.  It really isn't that
big 
of a deal.

Sincerely,

Joe Seeley
Ojai, CA  USA

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     It appears that, possibly, you have run into one of the barriers
with getting stuff reclassified. Too often, a lower level company rep
will not put much effort into checking a product's status.

     The notice on a Phantasmagoria CD would be good verification. If
you would like to get some kind of verbal verification from Sierra,
probably the thing to do is contact Roberta Williams.

     This kind of thing just illustrates how much hassle is involved in
reclassification. Thanks for your efforts!


     
Rubywand