20 Jul
1997
20 Jul
'97
6:22 p.m.
On Sun, 20 Jul 1997, Richard A. Cini, Jr. wrote:
Or, even more attractive, build your own C=65 kits (or build your own 900
Unix machine, etc.etc.)
I don't see much point in buying something and then making it public
domain except maybe for throwing your money away. (Unless of course, if
we're talking $1 a share here)
Les
more(a)crazy.rutgers.edu
On Fri, 18 Jul 1997 10:09:19 -0500 (CDT)
starling(a)umr.edu wrote:
I agree. Why would anyone pay ANY money for shares if they knew that
everything would ultimately become public domain.
>Would this be for proffit or non-proffit
purposes?
Well, if we have to pay real $ for the info, we should try to make a
reasonable return. I'm not really considering remanufacturing anything in any
quantities, but just in case we need to, we can. >I could see
purchasing the rights to the C=64 and setting them free as
public domain. Perhaps
raise the money to do it by selling "shares" of
ownership in the rights to C= enthusiasts. That way, emulators can use
original C= ROM code without copyright infringement, and "Build Your Own
Commie 64" kits could be a possibility. Since the rights would be purchased by the computing
community, they'd belong to the computing
community.<<
I don't necessarily have a problem with this. If this ever comes to pass (a
slim chance at best), we can make provisions for emulator licenses.
The keyword being licenses here. No one asks anyone on here to work for
free and likewise, no one should be expected to shell out their hard
earned cash for the "greater computing good." Sure, Commodore went
bye-bye a LONG time ago but the rights to some of that stuff still won't
be cheap...
>I don't
see much of a point to owning the rights to such things in a
for-proffit mode.
Except maybe just bragging rights...<<
Mmmmm. What's wrong with a little bragging?? <g> >"Hey,
baby... I own the exclusive rights to manufacture the Commodore
Plus 4. Want to
go back to my place for a drink?"<<
;-) Sounds like Austin Powers!
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