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From: warwick@cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Legal action against STrabble game.
Keywords: Scrabble, STrabble
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Date: 27 May 91 02:14:34 GMT
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>>>I did not like the way the ST User article started
>>>with biased comments like how big Spears are and how they make lots of money
>>>and the PD library was a non-profit pauper of an organisation.
>>
>>Why not?

>Because the biased reporting quite clearly showed where ST Abusers sympathy
>was and wanted you, the gentle reader, to feel the same.

The fact the Spears has the money to tread on the PD library IS VERY RELEVANT.
Even if the Laws are wrong, or the library's actions are legal, they may not
receive justice, simply because of a lack of funds.

>I'm surprised Dave gets off with Hacman 2.

I'm GLAD.

>>I think PD authors should be free to write whatever programs they want.

>It would be nice but as stated earlier, by others, if PD stuff competed really
>strongly with commercial products then companies would go out of business.

So what?  I think if someone is willing to give you something BETTER for
FREE, then they shouldn't be punished.  The problem is too many people like
that poster have the attitude "It would be nice, but the Law doesn't allow it".

I'm all for laws, but they are only laws, not statements of correctness.

Laws can be wrong.

Warwick.
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