Re: Concerning the Beagle Oldies freeware programs

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Joe Kohn writes ...
> 
> Willie Yeo <yeo@pigeon.qut.edu.au> writes ...
> 
> :       And yes, Mark Simonsen OKed ALL distribution from any source, be
> : it BBS, FTP sites WITH the following condition that the copyright notice
> : and authors are retained. i.e. no modications of any sort in the software.
> 
> Thank you Willie for contacting the copyright holder of the Beagle Bros
> Oldies Collection and for clarifying the updated status.
> 
> As I'm sure others can see, that wasn't too difficult to contact the
> owner of the copyright and ask him directly about the status.

     Easy for _you_ to say; and, admittedly, the whole process was virtually 
zero trouble for me, as well. (Thus, one might say, Willie is doubly blessed.) 
In fact, aside from a minor delay in reclassification of additional wares, 
running csa2's Treasure Chest Project director around for a week prior to his 
exams cost hardly anyone anything!
   

> Now, there
> is no more confusion about the status of the software.
>

     True; assuming no one now thinks to question claims of ownership.

     Confusion? We are, after all, talking about programs publicly 
reclassified and distributed as _free_ware around the end of the last decade 
by a company which disappeared several years ago. It seems unlikely that 
"others" were especially confused or dubious regarding Willie's original 
reclassification decision.

     Nevertheless, it would be a distortion to suggest that the objection and 
subsequent investigation accomplished nothing. Thanks to Willie's 
additional investment of time, effort, and other resources, csa2 members do 
have a more clear, better verified picture of the status of the wares in 
question.   


Rubywand