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This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
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| Filename: | !IGViewer/Copying |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 10E8 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
(K) All Rites Reversed
======================
I, Peter Hartley, wrote this program, InterGif Viewer. Under the
laws of England and every other country I know of, this gives me
the right to put my name to it, and withholds that right from
everyone else unless I choose to bestow it. If someone else made
a copy of InterGif Viewer, removed my name from all over it,
replaced it with theirs, and distributed the program further as
an example of how cool *they* were, they'd be doing a wrong thing
-- and I think most people would agree with the law on that one.
When restrictions make no sense
-------------------------------
But the laws of England and many other countries give me an
additional, unrelated right. They would allow me to give you -- or
even *sell* you -- a copy of the program, and yet prohibit you from
giving further copies away to your friends! This "copy right" can, and
does, lead to the absurd situation in which a simple copy command -- a
command built into every sensible operating system -- can become a
criminal act. Some even speak of this act as a "theft" from the
program's authors, even though it has removed from them no physical
property (the act can take place hundreds of miles from their homes,
and without them even noticing) and no intellectual property either
(the new copy still contains the original authors' names).
I believe it would be morally untenable to exercise this "copy
right", in just the same way as I choose for moral reasons not to
exercise another right English law gives me: that of killing foxes for
fun.
This piece of software does not have the "�" or "(C)" symbol or
any other invocation of copy right attached to it. It contains instead
the (K) symbol and the words "All Rites Reversed", indicating that no
unrealistic restrictions are placed on your use and your friends' use
of it. Copy what you like; use it for what you like. Just give me due
credit. (As I understand it, you're in fact *legally obliged* to give
me due credit. But that shouldn't be *why* you're doing it!)
When restrictions do make sense
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No information in this program is of a personally damaging (to
me) or nationally damaging (to England) nature. These two cases
(and the latter only dubiously) are the only ones I can think of
where a restriction on copying would make sense -- but of course,
I would only reveal personally damaging information to
individuals I personally trusted anyway, whether in an electronic
or oral form. If I didn't personally trust them, I'd make them
sign a contract saying they wouldn't pass on the information, and
I think they'd appreciate the reason for that.
If, on the other hand, I was making someone I didn't know sign
such a contract regarding a certain piece of information for the sole
reason that I could then make more money by signing similar contracts
with other people I didn't know, then I'd hope that person would be a
little disgusted. Perhaps not too disgusted to refuse to sign,
exclaiming that the information wasn't worth that (some information,
sadly, just isn't available in other ways) -- but, I hope, left with a
nagging nasty taste anyway.
"But how can you be sure of me?"
--------------------------------
Now, I have your signature on no contract; for some readers of
these words, I haven't even ever met you. I'm having to trust you
anyway not to thieve my intellectual property from me by passing off
these words or programs as your own. It would be logistically
extremely difficult to ensure, whether by legal or technical means,
that intellectual property rights were not infringed.
But on the whole, I *do* trust you. You might turn out to be a
rogue, but at least I've acquitted myself: by trusting you, I've not
made myself a rogue. Trusting people is not necessarily the Correct
Answer (some people, such as John Lennon, have had worse crimes than
theft committed against them because of it) but it is at least the
Right Answer.
Having read this document, you get no prizes for working out
that I've read the GNU Manifesto. But I believe that exercising
copyright means war, and in any war (to "copy" shamelessly the
conclusion to the film War Games) the only winning move is not to
play.
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Under the| 00000090 0a 6c 61 77 73 20 6f 66 20 45 6e 67 6c 61 6e 64 |.laws of England| 000000a0 20 61 6e 64 20 65 76 65 72 79 20 6f 74 68 65 72 | and every other| 000000b0 20 63 6f 75 6e 74 72 79 20 49 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 | country I know | 000000c0 6f 66 2c 20 74 68 69 73 20 67 69 76 65 73 20 6d |of, this gives m| 000000d0 65 0a 74 68 65 20 72 69 67 68 74 20 74 6f 20 70 |e.the right to p| 000000e0 75 74 20 6d 79 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 69 74 |ut my name to it| 000000f0 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 77 69 74 68 68 6f 6c 64 73 20 |, and withholds | 00000100 74 68 61 74 20 72 69 67 68 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 0a |that right from.| 00000110 65 76 65 72 79 6f 6e 65 20 65 6c 73 65 20 75 6e |everyone else un| 00000120 6c 65 73 73 20 49 20 63 68 6f 6f 73 65 20 74 6f |less I choose to| 00000130 20 62 65 73 74 6f 77 20 69 74 2e 20 49 66 20 73 | bestow it. 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Jus| 000007a0 74 20 67 69 76 65 20 6d 65 20 64 75 65 0a 63 72 |t give me due.cr| 000007b0 65 64 69 74 2e 20 28 41 73 20 49 20 75 6e 64 65 |edit. (As I unde| 000007c0 72 73 74 61 6e 64 20 69 74 2c 20 79 6f 75 27 72 |rstand it, you'r| 000007d0 65 20 69 6e 20 66 61 63 74 20 2a 6c 65 67 61 6c |e in fact *legal| 000007e0 6c 79 20 6f 62 6c 69 67 65 64 2a 20 74 6f 20 67 |ly obliged* to g| 000007f0 69 76 65 0a 6d 65 20 64 75 65 20 63 72 65 64 69 |ive.me due credi| 00000800 74 2e 20 42 75 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 73 68 6f 75 |t. But that shou| 00000810 6c 64 6e 27 74 20 62 65 20 2a 77 68 79 2a 20 79 |ldn't be *why* y| 00000820 6f 75 27 72 65 20 64 6f 69 6e 67 20 69 74 21 29 |ou're doing it!)| 00000830 0a 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 57 68 65 6e 20 |... 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These two cas| 00000900 65 73 0a 28 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 74 74 |es.(and the latt| 00000910 65 72 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 64 75 62 69 6f 75 73 6c |er only dubiousl| 00000920 79 29 20 61 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 |y) are the only | 00000930 6f 6e 65 73 20 49 20 63 61 6e 20 74 68 69 6e 6b |ones I can think| 00000940 20 6f 66 0a 77 68 65 72 65 20 61 20 72 65 73 74 | of.where a rest| 00000950 72 69 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 63 6f 70 79 69 |riction on copyi| 00000960 6e 67 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 73 65 |ng would make se| 00000970 6e 73 65 20 2d 2d 20 62 75 74 20 6f 66 20 63 6f |nse -- but of co| 00000980 75 72 73 65 2c 0a 49 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 6f 6e |urse,.I would on| 00000990 6c 79 20 72 65 76 65 61 6c 20 70 65 72 73 6f 6e |ly reveal person| 000009a0 61 6c 6c 79 20 64 61 6d 61 67 69 6e 67 20 69 6e |ally damaging in| 000009b0 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 0a 69 6e 64 |formation to.ind| 000009c0 69 76 69 64 75 61 6c 73 20 49 20 70 65 72 73 6f |ividuals I perso| 000009d0 6e 61 6c 6c 79 20 74 72 75 73 74 65 64 20 61 6e |nally trusted an| 000009e0 79 77 61 79 2c 20 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 20 69 6e |yway, whether in| 000009f0 20 61 6e 20 65 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 69 63 0a 6f | an electronic.o| 00000a00 72 20 6f 72 61 6c 20 66 6f 72 6d 2e 20 49 66 20 |r oral form. If | 00000a10 49 20 64 69 64 6e 27 74 20 70 65 72 73 6f 6e 61 |I didn't persona| 00000a20 6c 6c 79 20 74 72 75 73 74 20 74 68 65 6d 2c 20 |lly trust them, | 00000a30 49 27 64 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 74 68 65 6d 0a 73 69 |I'd make them.si| 00000a40 67 6e 20 61 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 61 63 74 20 73 61 |gn a contract sa| 00000a50 79 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 79 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 6e |ying they wouldn| 00000a60 27 74 20 70 61 73 73 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 69 |'t pass on the i| 00000a70 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 61 6e 64 0a |nformation, and.| 00000a80 49 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 74 68 65 79 27 64 20 61 |I think they'd a| 00000a90 70 70 72 65 63 69 61 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 |ppreciate the re| 00000aa0 61 73 6f 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 61 74 2e 0a 20 |ason for that.. | 00000ab0 20 20 20 49 66 2c 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6f 74 | If, on the ot| 00000ac0 68 65 72 20 68 61 6e 64 2c 20 49 20 77 61 73 20 |her hand, I was | 00000ad0 6d 61 6b 69 6e 67 20 73 6f 6d 65 6f 6e 65 20 49 |making someone I| 00000ae0 20 64 69 64 6e 27 74 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 73 69 67 | didn't know sig| 00000af0 6e 0a 73 75 63 68 20 61 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 61 63 |n.such a contrac| 00000b00 74 20 72 65 67 61 72 64 69 6e 67 20 61 20 63 65 |t regarding a ce| 00000b10 72 74 61 69 6e 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 6f 66 20 69 |rtain piece of i| 00000b20 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 74 |nformation for t| 00000b30 68 65 20 73 6f 6c 65 0a 72 65 61 73 6f 6e 20 74 |he sole.reason t| 00000b40 68 61 74 20 49 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 74 68 65 6e |hat I could then| 00000b50 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 6d 6f 6e 65 79 | make more money| 00000b60 20 62 79 20 73 69 67 6e 69 6e 67 20 73 69 6d 69 | by signing simi| 00000b70 6c 61 72 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 61 63 74 73 0a 77 69 |lar contracts.wi| 00000b80 74 68 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 70 65 6f 70 6c 65 20 |th other people | 00000b90 49 20 64 69 64 6e 27 74 20 6b 6e 6f 77 2c 20 74 |I didn't know, t| 00000ba0 68 65 6e 20 49 27 64 20 68 6f 70 65 20 74 68 61 |hen I'd hope tha| 00000bb0 74 20 70 65 72 73 6f 6e 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 |t person would b| 00000bc0 65 20 61 0a 6c 69 74 74 6c 65 20 64 69 73 67 75 |e a.little disgu| 00000bd0 73 74 65 64 2e 20 50 65 72 68 61 70 73 20 6e 6f |sted. Perhaps no| 00000be0 74 20 74 6f 6f 20 64 69 73 67 75 73 74 65 64 20 |t too disgusted | 00000bf0 74 6f 20 72 65 66 75 73 65 20 74 6f 20 73 69 67 |to refuse to sig| 00000c00 6e 2c 0a 65 78 63 6c 61 69 6d 69 6e 67 20 74 68 |n,.exclaiming th| 00000c10 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 |at the informati| 00000c20 6f 6e 20 77 61 73 6e 27 74 20 77 6f 72 74 68 20 |on wasn't worth | 00000c30 74 68 61 74 20 28 73 6f 6d 65 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 |that (some infor| 00000c40 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 2c 0a 73 61 64 6c 79 2c 20 6a |mation,.sadly, j| 00000c50 75 73 74 20 69 73 6e 27 74 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 |ust isn't availa| 00000c60 62 6c 65 20 69 6e 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 77 61 79 |ble in other way| 00000c70 73 29 20 2d 2d 20 62 75 74 2c 20 49 20 68 6f 70 |s) -- but, I hop| 00000c80 65 2c 20 6c 65 66 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 0a 6e |e, left with a.n| 00000c90 61 67 67 69 6e 67 20 6e 61 73 74 79 20 74 61 73 |agging nasty tas| 00000ca0 74 65 20 61 6e 79 77 61 79 2e 0a 0a 0a 20 20 20 |te anyway.... | 00000cb0 20 20 20 20 20 22 42 75 74 20 68 6f 77 20 63 61 | "But how ca| 00000cc0 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 62 65 20 73 75 72 65 20 6f 66 |n you be sure of| 00000cd0 20 6d 65 3f 22 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 2d | me?". --| 00000ce0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| 00000cf0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a |--------------..| 00000d00 4e 6f 77 2c 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 79 6f 75 72 |Now, I have your| 00000d10 20 73 69 67 6e 61 74 75 72 65 20 6f 6e 20 6e 6f | signature on no| 00000d20 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 61 63 74 3b 20 66 6f 72 20 73 | contract; for s| 00000d30 6f 6d 65 20 72 65 61 64 65 72 73 20 6f 66 0a 74 |ome readers of.t| 00000d40 68 65 73 65 20 77 6f 72 64 73 2c 20 49 20 68 61 |hese words, I ha| 00000d50 76 65 6e 27 74 20 65 76 65 6e 20 65 76 65 72 20 |ven't even ever | 00000d60 6d 65 74 20 79 6f 75 2e 20 49 27 6d 20 68 61 76 |met you. I'm hav| 00000d70 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 74 72 75 73 74 20 79 6f 75 |ing to trust you| 00000d80 0a 61 6e 79 77 61 79 20 6e 6f 74 20 74 6f 20 74 |.anyway not to t| 00000d90 68 69 65 76 65 20 6d 79 20 69 6e 74 65 6c 6c 65 |hieve my intelle| 00000da0 63 74 75 61 6c 20 70 72 6f 70 65 72 74 79 20 66 |ctual property f| 00000db0 72 6f 6d 20 6d 65 20 62 79 20 70 61 73 73 69 6e |rom me by passin| 00000dc0 67 20 6f 66 66 0a 74 68 65 73 65 20 77 6f 72 64 |g off.these word| 00000dd0 73 20 6f 72 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 73 20 61 73 |s or programs as| 00000de0 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6f 77 6e 2e 20 49 74 20 77 6f | your own. 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