Surely sendmail reeled when thusly spake Jarmo Lundgren:
>
> http://mivox.com/essays/text/petition.html
>
> "We see no reason why older software titles should lapse into
> unavailability, as long as there are computers to run them, and
> individuals interested in using them. Considering that a software
> company is no longer bringing in revenue from these older versions,
> we feel that releasing them to freeware status is a very viable, and
> much desired option."
>
when this happens with books, I find a
copy in a library and fire up the copier.
likewise for software.
as I see it, no-one but th eorignal author has the right
to withdraw any intellectual work from circulation simply
bcos they are too lazy to sell it, or they can't figure
out a way to make money on it. once it's published, it's
published, and if there's no legal way to copy it, fuck it,
ya do what ya gotta do ...
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