p_trumpet

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by p_trumpet 16y ago
urban myth. the only court case was the one with Ozemail, cited in the original thread. It cost both sides heaps to run the case and was settled out of court after the judgement was given. Trumpet Software did receive some $$$, but not o
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by p_trumpet 16y ago
LOL. yep - pretty quiet here. I earn most of my cash from other states of Australia
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by p_trumpet 16y ago
of course not! There is nothing pending or even on the boil. Copyright law is just very tricky to manage. If you don't explicitly state which rights you wish to relinquish you can end up losing rights by default. The complication I was
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by p_trumpet 16y ago
actually it looks like more than 200 donations so far.... A VERY BIG THANK YOU, folks!!!
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by p_trumpet 16y ago
yours is not the only story. While not directly Trumpet Winsock related, I did write an IRC client for DOS, later ported to Windows. I used to spend some time online chatting with folks who had low self esteem and on occasions found mysel
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by p_trumpet 16y ago
have contacted Daryl. This is legitimate folks.
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by p_trumpet 16y ago
ahh.... KA9Q, I remember it well. Was one of the first internet programs I got to work.
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by p_trumpet 16y ago
Hi back!!
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by p_trumpet 16y ago
Some ISPs did license it properly on behalf of their users, and I think demon may have been one (sorry no records as I left the company Trumpet Software some years ago, except the builds I did which are on an archive I still have). You don
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by p_trumpet 16y ago
Heh. I remember going to Tampa (my first ever trip to the States) to get that Dvorak Award, which is sitting on the equivalent of my mantelpiece (I'll take a photo to prove it!). BBS-CON was the conference. I remember shaking the hands o
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by p_trumpet 16y ago
I can confirm that the email is the one I passed on to Jacques. The PayPal account is a legit one I have used in the past and is registered under the business name Tattam Software. If I encounter any problems I will look into the other op
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by p_trumpet 16y ago
yep. I'm still around. I live a quiet existence in not so sunny Hobart, Tasmania. Most unusual request - still thinking about it. Donations willingly accepted - just trying to think what kind of cool thing to provide in return for the g