Re: OS-9 L2 .DSK needed

[<sysop@lost-gonzo.com>]

LO>In <32EBE2A2.6ADD@pobox.com>, Allen Huffman <allenh@pobox.com> writes:
LO>>SOMEONE UNAMED wrote:
LO>>> I'm borrowing someone's copy of the CoCo 3 Emulator for the weekend, and
LO>>> in need of the OS-9 Level 2 system disk .DSK file.  Would someone be so
LO>>> kind as to email it to me?
LO>>
LO>>Isn't it amazing?  Someone will occasionally pop up and ask for a copy
LO>>of the CoCo ROMs for the emulator, and get flamed to heck and back.  But
LO>>someone asks for an OS-9 L2 .DSK image, and we are silent.
LO>>
LO>>For reasons like this I say the orhpanware issue is more "pro-Terry" and
LO>>"anti-Terry", rather than pro/anti subject.
LO>>--
LO>>   Allen Huffman {allenh@pobox.com - http://www.pobox.com/~alsplace}

LO>I occasionally follow this group, because I run OS-9 on an Apple //e.  This
LO>same argument is so vehement among Apple II users that the FBI has allegedly
LO>been called.  Therefore, whoever "Terry" may be, I doubt he is at the root o
LO>the problem.  In the Apple II group, the issue is often "pro-Nathan" and
LO>"anti-Nathan".

LO>I observed that the original post, if taken at face value, was by a well-
LO>known person at Microware asking for an "illegal" copy of Microware's own
LO>software.  This is completely consistent with the fights in the Apple II
LO>newsgroup.  This issue is almost never raised by real copyright holders.
LO>Rather, it is raised by third-party vigilantes who see it as their duty to
LO>tell everyone else what to do.  Meanwhile, the "orphanware" slowly dies.

LO>I think we all have a responsibility to protect recorded knowledge, even in
LO>trivial old software.  If the copyright holders don't exercise their rights
LO>and this responsibility, it is up to the rest of us.

LO>Louis Schulman  louiss@gate.net



isn't there a site...where you can get anything that is not nailed down
for apple // software....BUT...just a collection site...no downloads or
whatever....just some shmuck archiving it.....even the pirated
stuff/cracked will have historical value someday...

 if it was set up correctly and only LISTED the programs in the archive
collection...and only allowed uploads etc....it could be like the
elephant graveyard of apple // stuff....legal or not....and just back
up only....

now....it would be nice to HAVE the programs here 10yrs from now
when/if someone is able to get permission from whomever/whatever by that
time to use in hobbisist or other mode....maybe someplace legit like a
univ or something could do this...

that is the only way i see to moderate between the ' save it faction'
and the 'you are saving it to pirate faction'

brad
sysop@lost-gonzo.com