On 13.05.2008, at 01:49, Lord Groundhog wrote:
> ~~~ On 2008/05/12 20:07, Martin Joseph at NT@stillnewt.org wrote ~~~
>
>> There are many people on the list that have spent there time and
>> effort to try to improve things. What about the incredible, amazing
>> efforts of Simon Bell with regard to MailV? How about those
>> contacting developers and attempting to get stuff released, which is
>> a worthwhile activity. Many developers don't even know where the
>> sources are any longer (boohoo) unfortunately.
>
> It's discouraging to feel I'm watching the Newton slip slowly but
> surely
> into extinction, and to find that as new functions and services become
> available for computer users generally, they aren't available for my
> Newton,
> but for now at least I can't see anything that can match the Newton
> in the
> things I like about it.
Can we try once more to convince developers to release their Newton
software if they have not done so? I know that is has been tried
before, but particularly in the case of "lost source code" it would be
wonderful if we could get permission to unlock programs. I know that a
handful of people on this list are able to remove locks, but would not
publish unlocked software without permission by the owner.
Maybe there is someone here close to an attorney who could set up a
simple release form?
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