I have to kind of agree here - When I first started trawling the web to see if I could get anything Coupe-related, the biggest suprise wasn't that there was anything available at all (which was quite suprising to say the least :) - it was that what is available is so closely guarded. When you look at a site like WOS, which is releasing what were REAL money-making programs (we're talking very very large amounts of money) for free, and retrospectively getting rights to do so, unless explicitly denied rights to release the programs, it does seem to me to be a bit odd that stuff from the Coupe (which was always a pretty tight-knit community of enthusiasts) is unavailable to people who are interested. Let's be honest, unless you're pro-actively creating something new (like Colin) which you want a return on, why would you still sit on your rights to Sam programs? There's no money to be made, and much respect to be had by releasing them to the public.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gavin Smith Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 3:31 PM To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Subject: Re: Dare to share (was Re: Days of Sorcery) > I have already spent time over the last couple of months tracking down > programmers and have been able to secure the re-release of some Sam > games which will be appearing on future Sam Revival coverdisks under > the heading > 'Classic Coupe Collection'. The first coverdisk with issue 9 which > featured > Manic Miner was the start of this. > > Along the way, I've also discovered some unreleased Sam titles too, > such as > Invasion II that is on the current issue of the magazine, and along > with > some totally new Sam programs there will be quite a variety of > never-seen-before programs to spice up the Sam Revival coverdisks. That's all fair enough, and I don't want to step on anyone's toes but at the same time, it's not the same as an archive? Wouldn't it be better to ask authors if we can share it freely on the net, rather than put the stuff on yet another floppy disk that's still going to get lost to time? Gavin
