----- Original Message ----- From: "Gametech" <voltronalpha at hotmail.com> > >> > >> I would respect Intellectual property Laws a lot more if they > >> expired in a reasonable fashion, that is to say if everything got > >> released to the public domain after 7 - 10 - even 15 years the world > >> would be a richer place for the human efforts put forth. But no, > >> it's not the case people feel the need to strangle every last dime > >> out of a piece of media/software. > > > > Well, Jhereg was published in 1983. Do you want to tell Steve that we > > get to publish our own editions of it? > > What is the point? I don't want to publish my own edition of Jhereg, if you > do you ought to talk to Steve. If his copyright expired at say, 20 years, then next year I wouldn't have to talk to Steve. I could just take it. I don't think Steve would want to talk to me after that. -Scott