Larry Niven's Altair

[william degnan]

I do have my MITS Basic license, so..

Bill Degnan
twitter: billdeg
vintagecomputer.net
On Aug 20, 2015 2:48 PM, "Jay Jaeger" <cube1 at charter.net> wrote:

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> On 8/20/2015 9:47 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
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> >> On Aug 20, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Jay Jaeger <cube1 at charter.net> wrote:
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> >>
> >> On 8/20/2015 3:32 AM, Randy Dawson wrote:
> >>> Who picked this up -
> >>>
> >>> I may have some cash for the buyer to mate it with my new ASR33, on
> its way via crate and freight.
> >>>
> >>> Anybody got debug and startup tips on the 33, it probably has been
> siting for a while.
> >>> (like who has the melted hammer replacements and such, tape and paper
> sources)
> >>>
> >>> I assume all the 8K, 4K BASICs are in public domain by now.  The demo
> for the kids will be the 15 minutes of paper tape, followed by READY.
> >>>
> >>> Randy
> >>>
> >>
> >> Bad assumption.  Things that were actually registered even if there was
> >> no notice, or published with a copyright notice would still be protected
> >> under U.S. copyright.
> >
> > Depending on when.  If it was published without notice, the key question
> is whether publication occurred before Jan 1, 1978, or after.  After,
> notice does not matter; before, lack of notice means no copyright.
>
> Even before, if it was registered, then it would be covered, even if
> there was no notice.
>