Re: Why were my auctions cancelled?

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <vaWdnbJa0KZtLx_d4p2dnA@comcast.com>,
Bill Garber <willy46pa@comcast DOT net> wrote:
 
> "Paul Schlyter" <pausch@saaf.se> wrote in message
> news:c5tg82$1pp7$1@merope.saaf.se...
>> In article <4081a1f2$1_5@corp.newsgroups.com>,
>> Exegete  <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This thread points out one thing - Apple will defend
>>> their intellectual property rights, even when they
>>> aren't making one thin dime from selling them. So,
>>> considering the thoughts in another thread about
>>> creating a new "clone" of the II to keep the hardware
>>> alive, one had better not copy the ROMs, and then try
>>> to sell the machine. Unless, of course, you copy the
>>> Laser or Franklin ROMs, neither of these companies, if
>>> they still exist, seem inclined to fight like Apple is.
>>
>> If so, why hasn't Apple already sued do defend the
>> Apple II ROM's?  Images of these ROM's have been
>> available on the Net for a decade or so, so Apple
>> should have had plenty of time to decide to sue....
> 
> Probably due to them being abandonware. As long as
> no one is selling them or anything that uses them,
> then they have no cause to be concerned. I haven't
> seen any emulators for sale, yet, so why should they
> care.
 
Then you haven't seen Apple Oasis, an Apple II emulator which is
shareware (i.e. the author want some money from you if you decide to
continue using it past the trial period).  Apple Oasis is the only
Apple II emulator which also properly emulates a Z80 card, enabling
you to run Apple CP/M on it.
 
> No one is getting rich off of the ROMs being available.
 
Probably true, but at least one person is making some money from
it -- but most likely too little to get "rich" from it.
 
So it's all a matter of not making too much money from a recreated
Apple II ?  That's probably no problem -- few people will be
interested in bying one anyway, should one ever become available.
 
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