[Coco] [Color Computer] Holy Mods Batman!

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John

Speaking of Forth,  do you have any Forth languages for the Coco3 
of know of where I can get a copy?

james


On 13 Apr 2005 at 16:17, John R. Hogerhuis wrote:

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> On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 17:18 -0400, Arthur Flexser wrote:
> 
> > Levinthal's 6809 book?  I'd imagine the publisher might object,
> > unless you've obtained permission to post copyrighted material.
> > 
> 
> Well in general the best thing is to try to get hold of the copyright
> holder (which may or may not be the publisher) and attempt to get the
> book released under a open content license (like Creative Commons).
> 
> That's what Leo Brodie permitted me to do with Thinking Forth. It was
> re-typeset, and it's available print-on-demand or as a free PDF
> download, or as LaTeX source. This book will probably never be out of
> print or unavailable again.
> 
> But for the unspecified book in question, if it's truly an orphaned
> work (almost certainly not in print anymore), copyright infringement
> becomes a calculated legal risk for each individual engaged in the
> practice. Given the current legal environement, one can either let
> these orphaned works die or we can ensure their preservation until
> such time as the broken copyright system is fixed.
> 
> Certainly letting old works die is not in the spirit of the founders
> who gave Congress the power to create the copyright system. So if it
> is truly orphaned it is not really a ethical or moral issue. Just an
> issue of legal risk.
> 
> -- John.
> 
> 
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