[Coco] RAINBOW scans

[Chuck Youse]

On Aug 14, 2008, at 3:24 AM, Mike Pepe wrote:

> Hey guys, we've been through this too many times. Yes, we are all  
> aware
> that there are legal implications but this project has been stalled  
> for
> no good reason for far too long. And none of us are lawyers anyway,
> which makes it indeed "murky"...
>

While we're on this subject, let's talk about how everyone's panties  
get bunched up when we talk about scanning ancient magazines, and yet  
I never hear anyone complaining about downloading NitrOS-9.  Now, of  
course, the FAQ for NitrOS-9 says:

Q. Is it legal to download and use NitrOS-9?
A. NitrOS-9 has been in existence since 1994, having been created by  
a number of dedicated individuals within the Color Computer  
community. Much of the code was written by the original NitrOS-9  
team: Wes Gale, Bill Noble and Curtis Boyle. Later, Alan DeKok made  
even further improvements. Therefore, NitrOS-9 is an operating system  
created by the Color Computer Community, for the Color Computer  
Community.

Which is untrue.  NitrOS-9 is a derived work, comprised largely of  
disassembled/reverse-engineered Microware code with modifications.   
As far as I know the copyright holders have not released the  
copyright, but NitrOS-9 has proclaimed itself an open-source  
project.  So why are we moaning about magazines and ignoring the  
software?

C.