20 Aug
2015
20 Aug
'15
6:44 p.m.
On Aug 20, 2015 6:43 PM, "Fred Cisin" <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>
> But yeah, I'd hate to run up against BillG in a spat over appropriating
his
Altair BASIC. He could squash me like a bug with his legal resources.
I recall that other outfits stealing his code was one of his big public
gripes back in the pre-PC days.
> Better to ask first, no? I keep playing that old
song, but "used with
perimission" is a small price to pay, isn't it?
Chuck is absolutely right (as usual)
Our, or anybody else's, interpretations of the laws are of far less
significance than how BillG feels about it.
So, buy Bill Degnan's license, and write a nice
note to Bill Gates.
When you do, ask him if there any updates to it planned.
Gates does not care about personal use of MITS software, be realistic.
B