Re: Asimov & *LACK* of respecting programmers choices

[dastar@crl.com (Sam Ismail)]

Nathan Mates (nathan@visi.com) wrote:
:    If the author chooses to write something, sell five copies, and
: then retire to a monastary in outer Mongolia, that's his choice. It's
: not your decision to say "nobody can get this amazing piece of
: software, and we think he'd be pleased to let everyone see it, so
: let's copy it at will." Only the author can come back later and say
: "go ahead and copy that." If the author moves on, fine. If the author
: decides to pop back in and say "sure, that's now public domain,"
: great; put the software on all the *legitimate* Apple II sites so that
: anyone can get at it. [And for the publically available stuff, such as

Ok, great.  So why don't you give the author's the chance to speak for
themselves instead of appointing yourself as their defender?  You're
really full of a lot of bright ideas that you aren't willing to put
into practice yourself.

:    Am I "controlling" asimov? No, I'm trying to respect the last
: stated wishes of the author/company involved. If you truly feel that

Ok, so respect those wishes on your own time.  I don't make you
attend my churches and believe in my god, so don't force us to
do the same.

: that. From what evidence I've seen, they're not doing that. Therefore,
: (1) They have zero respect for the programmer's wishes, and (2) Are
: pirating. Thus, Asimov is guilty on moral and legal grounds.

Thanks once again for your self-righteous opinions.

-- 
Sam
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