On 1999-05-12 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Fraser Farrell> said:
>I think we should rescue it from the darkness; for two reasons:
>- Continue development of a potentially useful product, probably
>using the GPL philosophy. If the author's vanished and left the
>source "in public" it's anyone's to adopt. With appropriate
>acknowledgements of course.
If we could only find *one* registered version of VMiX 386, that would
likely be possible... if the author is "erased" (as his name in Spanish
would imply)...
>- If VMiX does become well-known this may encourage the original
>author to reveal themselves. Maybe he/she got run over by a bus,
>or has retired to a monastry, or is on the run....?
There are lots of legal means to search for the whereabouts of missing
persons -- for a price. If we don't come up with something tangible after
awhile, we may just have to go that route.
>As I've said before on this list, I reckon it's stupid to kill off
>old but useful software just to placate the lawyers.
It's not just the lawyers. Sometimes relatives hang onto such things --
sometimes thinking to hold out for "the highest bidder" -- or for no other
good reason at all.
Jerry
Internet Montana
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