On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:49:18 -0000,  David Gilham  
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I think they are still in copyright and not freely redistributable, I  
> think by Activision but I am not sure , best check on  
> rec.games.intfiction usenet newsgroup.
> There was a CD collection of interactive fiction sold to the QL community
> a few years ago. Unfortunately when word reached the mainstream IF  
> Community it turned out that permission was needed for the distribution
> of several of the games in the collection.
>
>

Yes this was in fact the case - I did try and resurrect the CD and asked  
people to give me permission to distribute their games, but only had a  
small handful of replies.  It appeared that the mainstream IF community  
did not mind people downloading the games from the internet, but did not  
want anyone to distribute them on CD.

-- 
Rich Mellor
RWAP Services
URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk
URL:http://www.rwapservices.co.uk

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