> On July 7, 2016 at 7:13 PM Kurt K <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If I may reframe the matter not as a discussion on the relative merits of > Copyright but in regard to the effect on the greater community. It is simply > wrong to discontinue a worthy project, harm and reduce the viability of those > supporting the QL due solely to a sad minority of individuals. This is an > extreme approach that punishes all and rewards the malcontents by caving to > their actions. As a community, we have shown the willingness to help one > another and find a more appropriate redress. Changes that lock down your site, > altering and filtering communications and allowing others to assist to spare > you the sole burden is a measured approach. By ending the project in this > matter, it is more a condemnation on all of us, rather than those few who are > driving this action. I would suggest a migration of the project if you feel > you can no longer deal with this onerous issues. I know we need you and want > you to continue but recognize we also must assist if your efforts are > to survive. > As I have stated on the QL Forum - I wish I could continue with this project - but having put up with these comments for 2 years, it does have an impact on the reputation of my business and the extra stress does not help with my current ongoing illness.
There is plenty of opportunity for others to step forward who are interested in preserving QL software with plenty of jobs to do: a) Check the spreadsheet I created on dropbox to see if any more titles are already on Dilwyn's website (or even similar sounding ones so we can check them against the preserved version). b) Similarly check against software in the Quanta library - whilst that software is generally not public domain (being donated to Quanta for the use of its members), some titles are actually public domain when you read accompanying quill files c) Try to find copies of the software which is MIA or where they are marked as corrupt on the spreadsheet d) Try to identify and track down / contact the copyright holders for other titles which are not currently available e) Check the spreadsheet against the QL Wiki to identify where entries need to be created or updated f) Work through old QL User / QL World magazines (and other magazines) to identify even more software titles and add details (however basic) to the QL Wiki - particularly about when they were first sold and prices. Watch out for interviews or letters / news items which might indicate the name of the author or person behind a publisher. That is just off the top of my head - I am sure others will spot things that they can do ..... Rich Mellor RWAP Software www.rwapsoftware.co.uk www.sellmyretro.com _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List
