> On Feb 9, 2017, at 10:45 AM, Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 9 February 2017 at 18:37, Daniel Seagraves <dseag...@lunar-tokyo.net> > wrote: >> I wish I had the opposite problem. This whole hypothetical emulation from >> hypothetical zilch business is a hypothetical pain in the hypothetical ass. > > AIUI they are rather complex machines, yes. > >> Well, unless I’m missing something, that might make MY use of it legal but >> it wouldn’t help anyone else. > > True. But these are the terms that most retro emulators are distributed on: > > "Here's the code. To use it, you'll need ROM images and images of > software. These are not provided and won't be, so don't ask. Get your > own and it is your problem to ensure that you are legal.”
Yeah, that’s how Meroko was distributed. Someone else had already posted binaries of TI’s stuff though, and I had worked from those. > I have a VM with actual IBM PC-DOS in it, downloaded for free from > IBM's website, and MS Word 5.5 for DOS, downloaded from MS' website. > > I asked for permission to redistribute the VM and as I expected, IBM's > response was "we have PC DOS for free download? What? Where?!” Did you tell them? Did they take it down?
