[Coco] [Color Computer] Copyrights

[J.P. Samson]

On Sep 24, 2008, at 10:39 PM, Arthur Flexser wrote:
> Perhaps it is I that owes an apology;  now that I think about it,  
> I'm not 100%
> sure what Steve's intent was, once the 'legal blocks' were removed,  
> and I no
> longer have the original message to reread.  I may have simply  
> assumed his
> intent was free release of the stuff, since it is hard for me to  
> imagine that
> selling it at this late date wouldn't be more bother than it is worth.

This earlier message from Steve might give you a better idea of his  
intentions, Art:
http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/coco/2008-January/033886.html

I can imagine that, depending on the game, there are more than a few  
roadblocks preventing Steve from gaining full rights to do anything he  
wishes with his programs.  (e.g. Steve was employed by Datasoft when  
he wrote Zaxxon, which in turn was licensed from Sega, and Tandy  
purchased distribution rights on top of that.)

-- JP