I think we are talking at cross purposes then. I have paid for many bits of software and hardware from Colin. I think his prices are reasonable and hope he keeps up the good work. If the person has the copyright and just wont sell the product to people who want it then thats a different matter.
A. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dean Woodyatt Sent: 08 March 2002 11:50 To: 'sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no' Subject: RE: Games well, in this case, the house has allready been painted, the software is out there, people are using it for free anyway, and theres plenty of places other than the official sam FTP site, so why not embrace that not bitch about it, chances are EVERYONE on the group has sam related software that they shouldnt have, so stop being so bloody hypocritical. if anyone here was serious about their copyright and selling their software then there would be websites advertising it (congradulations to colin for doing this, i can understand and therefore comply with his grumbles) but if there is a demand for stuff that isnt being sold, and the authors arent doing anything to fulfil the demand, then sod them, theres no point belching up "i hold the copyright so....stop, yadda yadda yadda." bollocks, this pig-headedness only infuriates people so they copy the stuff anyway. IF however the copyright holders said "i have the copyright, so send me a few $$ for my work please, or some beer vouchers, etc etc" i wouldnt mind, i've happilly paid for stuff in the past, and would continue to do so. Dean > -----Original Message----- > From: Adrian Brown [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 11:36 AM > To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no > Subject: RE: Games > > Lets turn this into a real world situation. > > Lets say i need my house painted and your a painter, would you come and do > that work for free? Im not going to pay you to do it, but you can do it, > so > hence according to you you should come do it for free. > > Its the same since Colin can program a game that you are not going to buy > you want him to give it to you for free anyway. > > Strange. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Dean Woodyatt > Sent: 08 March 2002 11:23 > To: 'sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no' > Subject: RE: Games > > > i know that colin, but are you selling very much of the older stuff?, i > can > appreciate that you own the copyright for your hard work, but if you're > not > selling anything then why stop people using it for free, as no one was > going > to buy it anyway :-), > i get annoyed with this "its mine so no one else can have it" attitude the > world is turning into a bitter selfish place to live > > Dean > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Colin Piggot [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 11:12 AM > > To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no > > Subject: Re: Games > > > > > good luck to colin charging for some software and hardware, but i'd > like > > to > > > know how much money is being made from the sale of the titles he's > > > restricting (other than the stuff still being sold on the website) > > > > Erm... "Titles he's restricting" ? > > > > I sell only my own software and hardware, I am NOT RESTRICTING any other > > peoples > > titles.... that's up the appropriate copyright holder. > > > > Colin > > ==== > > Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the Sam > > For all the recent Quazar news, see the new look website: > > http://www.quazar.clara.net/sam/
