[Coco] Duplicating Copy-Protected Games (Z-89) (Was: Coco Digest, Vol 55, Issue 22)

[L. Curtis Boyle]

On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:44:14 -0600, J.P. Samson  
<jps.subscriptions at gmail.com> wrote:

> Carl J. England <mrspock12 at juno.com) wrote:
>> i didn't realize that the game [Z-89] was available as a download.
>>
>> has it been released to public domain?
>>
>> if so, i have no problem with sending you the files needed to create
>> copies of the program.
>
> As far as I know none of Steve's games, including Z-89, have been  
> released to the public domain.  Certainly I have seen no indication of  
> this on Curtis Boyle's CoCo games site.  To be honest, I'm not sure what  
> Steve's position is regarding his old CoCo games.  He obviously makes no  
> income off them anymore (i.e. you can't buy copies), so does he take  
> issue with people making unauthorized copies for personal purposes, as  
> long as no money is involved?

I had asked him quite awhile ago, and the answer was no at that time. I  
haven't pursued it since to see if he changed his mind or not.



-- 
L. Curtis Boyle