Re: Asimov performs a valuable service; so why fight over it?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Paul Francis Gilbert writes ...
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> But as several posters have pointed out, the trick is to determine whether
> something is piracy or not. Copyright and piracy are not iron-clad...
> a company can maintain copyright on a software piece and still allow free
> distribution of it.
> 
> Ultima 4 for example is copyright by Origin, but they decided to make it
> freely available... anyone can copy it. It's therefore not piracy, but
> still protected by copyright.
> 
> .... has been whining about
> Appleworks for a while, so having that on Asimov may be piracy].
 ....

     We are, after all, talking about Appleworks 2.0, a truly ancient
piece of software. Still, if the copyright owner has requested/insisted
that this item be removed from Asimov, then, it should be.

    The question is ...

    Has the copyright owner of Appleworks 2.0 made a request/demand that
the program be removed from Asimov?


Rubywand