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Yes, the article lists some two potential owners of WordStar: > It's not clear to us who owns the intellectual property. We doubt it's one of the surviving off
by joshuaissac 2y ago
Yes, the article lists some two potential owners of WordStar:
> It's not clear to us who owns the intellectual property. We doubt it's one of the surviving offshoots, today's Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, but it could be another offshoot, Software MacKiev.
Whereas this release is made by writer Robert J. Sawyer, who does not appear to be affiliated with any of the potential owners.
Edit: Even though The Register calls this a free re-release, Sawyer himself just calls it an archive: https://sfwriter.com/blog/?p=5806 https://sfwriter.com/blog/?p=5806
- xena 2y agoThe pro gamer move is to release it and then whoever copystrikes you is the owner