[Coco] Need to know if I'm in safe waters here

Hex Star hexstar at gmail.com
Thu Aug 2 17:25:39 EDT 2007


On 7/21/07, briza <bpa65117 at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
> Hi Fellow Coconuts.
>
> I have been a Coco user since X-Mas 86. I need to know is what you Guys &
> Gals think of my Coco Games Software DVD set. I intend making up.
> On this DVD set will be nearly every game ever Done on the Coco computers.
> Excluding Games that are still being marketed by Authors, Namely Nick
> Marentas and John Strong. But the DVD set will have in it Games and Docs.
> But not all games will have the Docs. As I have long lost them.
> What I need to know is how you fellow coconuts feel about it. I have
> already left a post in Roger's website stating my intentions for doing this
> DVD set.
> So far All I have recieved is a Thumbs up to the idea. It seems a lot of
> Coconuts would love to see this idea come to life. But As of late I have
> been having second thoughts after reading all the crap dealing with Hex Star
> and his preservation website. I'm worried that this set will end up being
> copied and sold on Ebay or put on a website.
> This DVD set has takened me 20 odd years of software collecting to get to
> this stage. Like Ira I would be devastated If my hard work was to be used
> for profit on ebay or website. So I might not even go through with my Idea.
> But if I do go through with it. 1st I want to get the opinions of the
> coconuts in here. secondly I will state that I will not be letting this
> collection be used for purposes it was not made for. This DVD set is for the
> pleasure of coco game players to enjoy games that have long disappeared or
> just hard to get thats all.
> And this set will contain games that are copyrighted. But I'm not going to
> be making money from this adventure. all it will be doing is paying the
> costs of material and time I spend cleaning it up and marketing. This set is
> for the pleasure of the community nothing more.
>
> laters
>
> Briza
>
>
So what ever happened to this? :)



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