Gavin, You are right about this. I have spent many years with my SAM and every now and then get nostalgic to look at some of the stuff that was produced for it. An archive would only represent a nostalgic look at some of the stuff I never purchased; and would not purchase now even if it was on sale. Not having this available just means it gets lost. I agree that people who still want to make money out of their SAM creations should be protected but those that cannot be contacted are obviously not doing that. Let's take a look at some of the wonderful creations that people put love into back in the day, and feel warm and cuddly about the fact that we were all there at the time ;o)
Luke -----Original Message----- From: Gavin Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 November 2004 13:34 To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Dare to share (was re: Days of Sorcery) > However, I do take your point that floppy disks have a limited > lifespan, so we should try to make sure that everything is imaged and > catalogued. Perhaps we could maintain a list of what images exist - > not necessarily to release the images right now, but to make sure that > everything will still be available, as and when we can agree on what > is the right thing to do with it. It's 2004, how many more years are we going to talk about it? :) My suggestion was that we have a consultation period (bit of a fancy term when referring to SAM software!) of about 4 weeks for each and every bit of software before we post the image online. If we can get the author's written permission in that time, great. If we can think of a reason not to post the image (or indeed if the author refuses permission), then obviously we don't. Isn't that the lesser of two evils? One evil is to let the stuff rot away (we're the last few remaining who give a stuff about the SAM remember so let's not lose perspective), lost forever - the other evil is to go to reasonable lengths to gain permission, and failing that we post images that we think aren't too controversial. I really think it's the most sensible of the two. I'll have something on the net before the weekend is out and we can debate it - it will give us something to talk about at least ;) Gavin ********************************************************************** This e-mail is private and confidential and is for the addressee only. You are prohibited from using, printing, distributing or disseminating it or any information contained in it, save to the intended recipient. **********************************************************************
