Re: LemmingsGS and Bernie II the rescue

[Mike Maginnis <maginnis@computist-project.net>]

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 02:14:24 -0500, Mitchell Spector
<mitch2gs@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Mark Percival <mark@syndicomm.com> wrote:
>
>>Olivier ZARDINI wrote:
>>
>>> I think we can now consider LemminGS as a Freeware...
>>
>>LemminGS is available from Shareware Solutions II.  It is free with
>>purchase of Convert 3200.
>>
>>http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko/convert.html
>>
>>From web site....
>>"LATE BREAKING NEWS: Owners of Convert 3200 can now get the hottest
>>IIGS game released so far in 1997 - "Brutal Deluxe's LemminGS" - for
>>free! All that's required is a $5 shipping/handling fee to cover the
>>cost of 3 disks, disk labels, disk mailers, and postage to anywhere in
>>the known galaxy!"
>>
>>I know this information sounds a little dated but last I heard, Joe
>>Kohn was still selling Apple II software.
>
>    The Shareware Solutions II page hasn't been updated in almost a year 
>so it doesn't seem very active, and at this point in time, I can't imagine 
>there are people still purchashing Convert 3200.
>
>    Regardless, Olivier publicly stating it is now freeware would seem to 
>override that (and I'm sure Antoine would give consent to reclassifying
>it). The only question is if Joe holds the actual copyright. Looks like
>something worthwhile checking into to make official...
>
>Mitchell Spector

If Joe has a distribution contract for Convert/LemminGS, he might
still have a say on how it gets distributed.  Not sure how that works,
especially now that Brutal Deluxe is no more.  As I understand it,
when a company "goes away", the rights revert to... someone.  Does
that automatically invalidate an agreement with a distributor?

It's interesting to see this product in particular (possibly) enter
freeware status, especially after the blazing rows surrounding it in
days long past.

- Mike
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