Posted By
Csabo
on 2009-01-21
14:50:11
|  Re: Who ported GEOS to plus/4?
My 2 cents Canadian on the copyright: first of all, the issue is moot because the software no longer has any commercial value. I mean who's gonna buy it? (Maybe JamesC can elaborate on that one.) Second, basically we all have it (and still don't use it  ). I mean once it's on the internet, it's impossible to delete it. Third, if the Plus/4 version is in fact a "user conversion", then the original copyright holder may have legal rights to sue the person who took part of their code, but has no control over the copyright of the resulting product. It's like Psychosis (name intentionally misspelled) sending us a take down notice for Barbarian - they didn't release that game on the Plus/4.
Finally, believe it or not, I own an original copy of GEOS 2.0 for the C64  I brought the whole thing on a garage sale once for the unbelievable price of 20$. I bought it for the drive, but it did come with a machine, printer, joys and software.
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