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From: dzenc@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Dan Zenchelsky)
Subject: RE: The REAL scoop on the "Gameboy Emulator"
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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 91 00:41:30 GMT
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From Jez San:  (Please indicate that if you quote this message)

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To Jonas -

We certainly didn't let the experiment leak out.  We have [not] distributed
this program nor allowed anyone to have a copy of it.  Its almost
probable that personal disks were removed without permission possibly
by an unknown visitor, and then uploaded onto a bbs.  The fact that
someone got away with doing that is inexcusable.... but what makes
it worse is that nowhere on the program did it say it was PD
or shareware.  So rather than try to find out if the program
is freely redesitributable, which is wasn't, people just
copied it and mailed it all over usenet and bbs's.   Dont you think
thats rather unethical and stupid of people.  Its not usual to
assume something's PD until proven otherwise.  You should assume
it belongs to someone unless it says its PD!
 
And as for the 'damage' i was referring to, I meant of the experiment
itself.   We don't want all our private experiments being broadcast around.
Where would our research go if everyone gets a pirate copy of it and pirates
it?
 
It turned out that all our assumptions about how a gameboy worked
were totally wrong, and that the 'emulator' didnt.  Even more
reason why we wouldnt want copies of it floating around.  it doesnt work.
Simple.   It was an experiment that we shelved.  Doesn't give people
an excuse to pirate it without permission, whether we shelved it or not!
 
All I ask is that everyone who owns it destroys all copies of it.  Any BBS
owners stop it from being downloaded.   It has no value.  It simply doesnt
do anything people would ever want.   Even the Tetris it came with isnt
a real tetris, nor even a worthwhile game to play.   We simply dont want
obsolete experiments of ours being distributed.
 
(or current ones for that matter).
 
thank you for your support.
 
-- Jez.
 
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