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Skriven 2004-10-24 10:52:42 av Adam Flinton (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 1049 av Ellen K. (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Article on WIPO & the public good
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From: Adam Flinton <adam@NOSPAM_softfab.com>

Ellen K. wrote:
> Which you made for fun and for the challenge of it.   You had/have a JOB
> that supports your family.  If you had to support your family designing
> joysticks it would be different.
>

If you can't make your money from a piece of software in the first few years
then go do something else.

How many copies of Win3.x are still selling? lotus 123 for dos?

S/w & especially games are like fruit in that they have a definite "best
before" date.

Not merely that, but the sheer hypocrisy is startling in that you are
"creating" on an IBM compatible PC. The fact that it could be "cloned" (i.e
copied) is what lead to the widespread availabilty of computing that we see
today. No "design cloning", no work for you or Gary.

Do you feel like a "design thief" everytime you turn on your machine in the
morning? Are you going to pay lots of cash to poor old IBM so as to assuage
your guilt?

Adam


> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:00:41 -0500, "Geo" <georger@nls.net> wrote in
> message <41799097@w3.nls.net>:
>
>
>>"Gary Wiltshire" <gaw@sover.net> wrote in message
>>news:opsf43oluueipai0@news.barkto.com...
>>
>>
>>>>But unlikely given the s/w is crafted to specific requirements.
>>
>>>How would you feel if it were, say, a game?
>>
>>You mean like TriSolitare on the Apple ][?
>>
>>I was proud to have people copy my joystick modifications.
>>
>>Geo.
>>
>
>

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