[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] History Bytes

[Alex Evans]

On Jan 10, 2005, at 1:28 PM, Neil Morrison wrote:

> Actually, I wouldn't be amazed if Gates released the old Basics to 
> public
> domain. It's inconceivable that there will ever be a way for him to 
> make a
> buck from these, and he's already offering some modern compilers for 
> free so
> he might just do it. It would have to be his choice though, because 
> I'm sure
> his lawyers would love to make money suing for no point at all given 
> half a
> chance.

I would be very surprised.  One taking the statement, release into the 
public domain relinquishes all IP rights, that is I could sell this 
program, or one trivially derived from it.  If you are talking about 
something similar to the freeware route, Bill Gates has been a vocal 
opponent of free software since the '70s.

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Theodore (Alex) Evans | 2B v ~2B = ?