Isn't it time for some Amiga software to become Public Domain

[kolla]

The only software that truly needs to become public domain is 68k AmigaOS itself.

[kolla]

EA have no interest in old software like DPaint, so just ignore the current illegal use of the software... But if you start poking them with a stick, they might turn around and decide to take down website that host the software.

And why would that be a problem?

Maybe I'm an oddball since I actually have legal copies of the software I use.

[kolla]

The problem comes since a lot of those old disks are starting to die. So there's a finite lifespan on this stuff.

For games this might be a problem, but for applications? No need to keep it around on floppies, really.

[kolla]

@kolla

Great, then you can tell the rest of us where to buy new copies.

Why do you need new copies? Where are your backups?

It will be decades (around 6, at this point) before software written in the US enters the public domain. By that time, the original media may as well have been part of the collection at the library of Alexandria for all the good it will do software historians.

So fix the laws.

[kolla]

Yes, let's turn this into a thread about windows software

[kolla]

O.K. - I try to explain:

- DynaCadd is the best CAD application the Amiga ever had. It is the only one on the Amiga capable of real 3d mode, AFAIK. DynaCadd
 
- CNCTool is a tool to convert data from e.g. DynaCadd's 3d part drawings into CNC files (for lathing, milling, drilling)

- MathAmation (incl. all modules) by Progressive Peripherals was an advanced math program and function plotter with modules for mechanical engineering, physics, electric engineering, mercantile calculations, ...  MathAmation


- NewIO is a PCB layout program with autorouting feature.  NewIO 3.5 - page 3 - sorry - German only

- about LogicWorks - an early version of it was available for the Amiga back in the late 80s/early 90s.

- Digital Workbench was a program to develop digital schematics

- A&O v3.1, AmiGAL v1.0, AmiBURN v1.0, L100, ProNET / ProBOARD 2.0a and PLP V.2 by Maxon were all programs for the Amiga to design electronics. Described here in an "Amiga Spezial" training course of 1993 (page 3 onwards) - sorry - German only.

This posting illustrates nicely why I dropped UK amiga magazines for German ones - UK mags were expencive, 50% ads, 40% games, 5% reader letters and maybe 5% utility software. German mags on the other hand were thinner, cheaper (a year abo for the price of two UK mags), not that many ads,  some game reviews, but alot about utility software and courses. I got the impression that in UK amigas were only game machines, while in Germany they were actually used as computers