17 Mar
2010
17 Mar
'10
3:49 a.m.
Fred Cisin wrote:
My work becomes public domain when _I_ transfer it to
public domain, NOT
when some asshole finds out that I've moved since first release, and he
can't find me in 10 minutes of searching, or decides that I'm not going to
come after him.
The real abondonware is see that a great small product is bought out
like say Micro-$ and you are left with product that needs a few bug
fixes or drivers to update,or buy meg-a-$$$ product from Micro-$ with
now improved features that is still a few revisions behind the product
you were using.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred
Ben.
PS. The same could more be said about PC clones --- where do find leagle
software.
PPS. Is there a FORTRAN IV for DOS that is free?