... right thing. That's a good first step. :) <--- He did not exactly take it down Mike...He ended the auction early true but he still sold it (according to...
... Jon, I've read the following posts to this one, but I have to say, I agree with you on this point... First off, let me say "Marc, you have 100% of the...
I want to give a congratulations to Walid, Tim, and Bill on the JP Awards. That's a cool honor. =) Your contributions to our community won't easily be...
Note that I only have one really important thing to say here, Mark: no matter what the actions of one individual are--good or bad, please don't let those...
I whole heartily second this endorsement of all the contributers in this community. I include the Game Writers even though I'm not a gamester, but I know what...
Much To Do About Nothing. I have had a few days to ponder the following: 1. An individual took a program and given it into Public Domain. 2. Took a for sale...
... Except he did not put it into the Public Domain. Your chain of logic is based on incorrect information. I went and looked it up. Not only is it not...
The program is posted on the net as Public Domain. "For all to use as they see fit." A fact which has been brought to the attention of e=bay of which there is...
... James, At first, I felt the same way you did, so I certainly see your point. I liken it a bit to the act of selling a computer on eBay, but with Windows...
Scott, It has been many a year since I have seen you make post. Welcome back. Marc, a good person, was offered compensation after the fact. He refused. One...
I have put a hold on my hardware collection for the moment... I finally got my GRAM Kracker (which I will be making a video of very soon for the Tube) and my...
Hey glad to hear you got the holy Kracker :) I'm also glad to hear your not making the same mistake I did when I got mine.. I sold off a bunch of my "real...
... Thanks... quite the contrary... Having the Kracker is just fueling me to obtain more carts... Honestly, I bought this Kracker about 4 months ago. However,...
... Where do you see that string? I went looking for it. I would like to see it. ... That repeated statement is borderline trolling. Can you not have a ...
The Microsoft file format that they hoped would compete successfully with PDF is called XPS, not ODF. They don't seem too confident about it ever doing this...
If I take a classic computer game, previously released by others on another machine in the 1980's, and code it up from scratch without reference to the...
... I would love to buy a copy of Neverlander on cart. Let me know when it comes available, Marc. =) If not, I would love to get it on an EPROM and a JG...
... Interesting question Mark.... I was wondering this as well. It applies to Pitfall too, I think... My wife told me the only way she'd let me focus on...
... In US law, the original copyright holder to the first work. That's called a 'derived work' and in all derived works, the original copyright holder...
... I'm not a lawyer, but... It's my understanding that the *implementation* of an idea is copyrightable, not the idea itself. So in that sense, your program...
Funny you should say that..... as there are some startings of discussions .... This whole disasterous mess may have spawned an acceptable outlet, for all...
... Free does NOT equal public domain. There are thousands of programs freely downloadable where the author retains copyright. It's only public domain when the...
Kyle did nothing wrong save promote the TI=99/4A, past and present. At that, he was second in line. This overall situation sucks for sure. Marc has made and...
... Marc, For what it's worth, I have been an eBay seller for about 4 or 5 years now. I have immaculate feedback and quite a bit of it, buying and selling. I...
... You have no more say than anyone else, James. Although it's nice to see that you finally acknowledge it is Marc's software and Marc's choice. But I think...