Re: Concerning the Beagle Oldies freeware programs

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Joe Kohn writes ...
> 
> .... 
> As it is, the verification of the status of that collection (as listed
> with the Treasure Chest Project) came from Mark Munz, a highly respected
> Apple II programmer and a former Beagle Bros.
> 
> There's only one problem with that verification...Mark is not the
> copyright holder. It's the Simomsons who own the copyrights for the Beagle 
> Oldies Collection.
> 
> If Mark Munz is in contact with the Simonsons, then I think it would be 
> real easy for him to find out how the Simonsons feel about their software 
> being available from the net and from other places.
> 
> I don't know about the rest of you, but until verification comes from the
> copyright holder, either directly or via Mark Munz, I think that the
> status of the Beagle Oldies is still up in the air.
>


     Fine; except that Mark was the guy upon whose word the Treasure Chest's 
original reclassification is based. But, then, how do we _know_ that the 
Simonsons still own the copyrights to the Beagle wares in question?

     How about this New, Improved validation method ...

     The prospective Validated Copyright Holder sends Treasure Chest (i.e. 
Willie) the following via certified mail:

     1. original diskettes and manuals for the wares
     2. notarized copy of purchase contract (if applicant is not shown as
        author of the wares in the manuals)
     3. a sworn notarized statement of copyright ownership
     4. a certified DNA sample or part of finger with fingerprint

     Once Willie checks out the submitted materials, he would fax the newly 
Validated Copyright Holder the standard Form for Agreement to 
Reclassification Trial. The returned form would be posted, along with a 
Notice of Imminent Reclassification on comp.sys.apple2.reclassification. If, 
after six months, no one objects to the reclassification, we would begin a 
five year Reclassification Opportunity Trial.

     During the ROT, the wares would be made available (along with proper 
ROT notifications) on Certified ROT ftp Sites. Assuming that, during the 
ROT, no challenge to the reclassification is received by TC project persons 
or ROT ftp Site managers, and no complaint is posted to csa2 ... Viola! the 
wares in question are Reclassified.



Rubywand