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

[tasmanian guy]

Hi,
 
After seeing all of Amos becoming public domain, even with the source code becoming available I would like to see some other vendors of Amiga software to do the same approach on software they no longer sell or update for the past 10 years.
 
Eg  Deluxe Paint V, Vista Professional (landscape generator).
 
What other software would you like to see become public domain or freely available.  
 
With Deluxe Paint V we should write an email to EA and see if this can be done?

[gertsy]

Hi,
 
.., Vista Professional (landscape generator).
 
What other software would you like to see become public domain or freely available.  
 

Microsoft might have a thing or two to say about that.   (o:

In reality (figuratively speaking)I think a lot of it is already ?  True ?

[ami_stuff]

I would like to see MooVId and RiVa opensourced, then maybe some asm experts would start to optimize it even more. It is always exciting to see how good optimized software can be optimized even more.

Maybe there is a hope to see RiVa opensourced, but MooVid probably not.

[ElPolloDiabl]

I called up Electronic arts back in '96 to ask them about Amiga support. The lady didn't have a clue what I was talking about.
If a company has forgotten about software it released two years ago how much luck are you going to have in 2010?
They probably threw out the source code a long time ago.

[playgeneration]

Miami/Miami Deluxe

[Cammy]

I would love it if Movie Shop was open sourced, then maybe someone could make it use software decoding/encoding and we'd have a full non-linear video editing suite.

[bloodline]

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.

I say just let sleeping dogs lie. Let them take action off their own backs, don't help them out

[recidivist]

Good point.

If someone in "corporate" starts worrying about  rights and liabilites they may conclude it is easier and safer to  destroy old goods -I've seen it in other businesses.

[Managarm]

I wish IBrowse would either go public domain or there was a way to buy the licence key. That half an hour time out thing is really starting to bug me.

[tone007]

I wish IBrowse would either go public domain or there was a way to buy the licence key. That half an hour time out thing is really starting to bug me.

Seriously, considering it can take near 30 minutes to render some pages! (ok, not really...)

[scuzzb494]

Isn`t it more of a problem finding out who still owns the rights to the software. If they even exist at all.

[runequester]

Hunting down who owns what exactly can be quite a mess, particularly for developers that don't exist anymore, or are now part of a different company.

[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.

[runequester]

And why would that be a problem?

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

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