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Message: 4270

Author: andrewbroad

Date: 02/06/2004

Subject: Re: Retro Gamer #4 (The MegaTree) / Copyright

 

jet_visy wrote:

Let's hope they will release the contents of the disks(if they
contain anything and work, that is!) to public domain either on
their coverdisk(didn't Retro Games have one?) or on the internet.

I hope so too. I would dearly love a copy of the data on those
disks, even if these data were in no way playable or viewable.

However, putting these data on the cover-disk would raise thorny
copyright-issues, as "the copyrights in regard to anything on these
disks remain with their legal owners", not with Retro Gamer, who
would presumably have to seek permission from/through Stuart
Fotheringham to do such.

Making these data freely available on the Internet would be one
thing; selling them for money would be something else entirely.

I would not allow my Broadsoft software to be sold for money, not
even if I were offered a 100% share of the profits (though I am
perfectly happy for my software to be freely distributed, or reused
in other free software, provided that I am credited in the
accompanying documentation as appropriate). The Spectrum-emulation
scene thrives on a free-software culture.

If one of my games were included on a cover-disk of a magazine sold
for money, I would be absolutely livid.

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/
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