I tried running this to ground with some old Applesoft and Integer Basic games, even going so far as to contact the original author of a particular work for whi

I tried running this to ground with some old Applesoft and Integer Basic games, even going so far as to contact the original author of a particular work for which I had the Basic listing, but which had been sold multiple times across an ocean or two, and presumably resided in the possession of some rolled up big name gaming concern. (Think: 1981 through a succession of things that ended up 20+ years later in TakeTwo.) Even then I didn't feel comfortable creating a derivative work. The creator wasn't earning money (he was paid off in the 1980s when he sold it, although it was clearly his pride and joy), and the brand of the legal derivatives faded from favor over the years due to technology improvements. You can find a lot of these types of games in the recently-released distro of DiscoRunner [1], an Integer Basic/Applesoft Basic interpreter. I love that these games and their source is preserved, although as someone who respects IP rights of creators, I always feel a twinge when I see someone's REM statement with a copyright and their name on it scrolling by when I do a LIST command. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9026865 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9026865