T.EDITORIAL
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.... A LOADSTAR EDITORIAL.
BY. VAL J. GOLDIN
G..SOMETIMES WE HATE MAIL.--------------
--------. MOST OF THE MAIL WE RECEIVE A
T.LOADSTAR IS ON THE COMPLIMENTARY SIDE,
.BUT A FEW ARE NOT. FOLLOWING ARE A.PAI
R OF LETTERS FROM THE SAME.INDIVIDUAL (W
HO SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS).SO LACED WITH
VITRIOL AND JUVENILE.REVENGE THAT WE COU
LDN'T RESIST THE.TEMPTATION TO SHARE THE
M WITH YOU... "A FRIEND OF MINE RECENTL
Y BROUGHT.TO MY ATTENTION THAT YOUR ISSU
E NO. 3.CONTAINS THE PROGRAM 'POKER PARL
OR.'.THIS PROGRAM IS A STOLEN VERSION OF
MY.ORIGINAL PROGRAM 'POKER,' WHICH WAS.
PUBLISHED IN THE MARCH, 1984 ISSUE OF.CO
MPUTE'S GAZETTE. IF YOU HAVE ANY.DOUBTS
AS TO MY CLAIM, SIMPLY COMPARE.THE LIST
INGS... "I AM VERY ANGRY OVER YOUR.PUBL
ICATION OF MY PROGRAM! SOMEBODY.IN YOUR
ORGANIZATION MUST HAVE SEEN.THE PROGRAM
'POKER.' THEREFORE I CAN.THINK OF NO LEG
ITIMATE REASON WHY.'POKER PARLOR' WAS NO
T IMMEDIATELY.RECOGNIZED AS STOLEN PROPE
RTY.COPYRIGHTED BY COMPUTE! PUBLICATION
S.AND REJECTED. THIS IS ESPECIALLY.IRRES
PONSIBLE FOR YOU TO ASSUME YOU.HAVE AN O
RIGINAL PROGRAM WHEN THE.PERSON WHO SUBM
ITS IT ADMITS THAT HE.OBTAINED IT 'FROM
SOMEONE NAMED.MURPHY WHO WAS STATIONED H
ERE BUT GOT.TRANSFERED.' "I AM SENDING
COPIES.OF THIS LETTER TO YOUR CONTRIBUT
OR,.COMPUTE! PUBLICATIONS AND.CONTEMPORA
RY MARKETING, THE PRIMARY.SOURCE OF YOUR
PUBLISHED SOFTWARE.. "AS 'POKER' WAS C
OPYRIGHTED THROUGH.COMPUTE! PUBLICATIONS
, I AM LEAVING.ANY LEGAL ACTION UP TO TH
EM. HOWEVER.I FEEL WRONGED BY YOUR UNAU
THORIZED.PUBLICATION OF MY WORK AND REQU
EST ALL.AND/OR SOME OF THE FOLLOWING:.
"1. YOUR WRITTEN APOLOGY TO ME ALONG.WIT
H SOME MONETARY COMPENSATION.. "2. NOTI
FICATION THROUGH BOTH YOUR.DISK AND THE
2 COMMODORE MAGAZINES OF.THE CORRECT AUT
HOR OF THE 'POKER.PARLOR' PROGRAM.. "3.
PUBLICATION IN LOADSTAR OF MY.RE-WRITTE
N, GREATLY IMPROVED VERSION.OF THE GAME
... I HAVE COPYRIGHTED IT.IN MY NAME. I
WILL SEND YOU A REVIEW.COPY ON REQUEST.
OF COURSE, I WOULD.HAVE TO BE PROPERLY
CREDITED AS ITS.AUTHOR AND RECEIVE ROYA
LTY PAYMENTS.".. WELL, FOLKS, THAT WAS
JUST LETTER.NUMBER ONE, DATED IN EARLY O
CTOBER..NOW PICK UP ON NUMBER TWO.....
"YOU HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY.UNPROFESSIONAL
AND RUDE BY NOT EVEN.ACKNOWLEDGING THE R
ECEIPT OF MY.LETTER. IF I DO NOT RECEIV
E A WRITTEN.RESPONSE FROM YOU ... BY (2
WEEKS FROM.MY MAILING THIS CURRENT LETTE
R), I.WILL TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTION:.
"1. WRITE LETTERS FOR PUBLICATION TO.EVE
RY COMMODORE-ORIENTED PERIODICAL..THESE
LETTERS WILL STATE THE FACTS AND.URGE RE
ADERS NOT TO BUY YOUR PRODUCT.AS YOUR CO
MPANY RIPS-OFF LEGITIMATE.SOFTWARE AUTHO
RS.. "2. WRITE SIMILAR ARTICLES FOR.PUB
LICATION IN THE LARGE COMMODORE.USER GRO
UP NEWSLETTERS THROUGHOUT THE.COUNTRY..
"3. ADVISE THE REGISTERED USERS OF.MY '
SHAREWARE' PROGRAM ... OF YOUR.UNETHICAL
PRACTICES.. "4. SEEK LEGAL ADVICE/ACTI
ON FROM AN.ATTORNEY.. "PLEASE BE ADVISE
D I AM NOT BLUFFING.AND WILL DO WHAT I H
AVE STATED IF I DO.NOT HEAR FROM YOU BY
THE STATED DATE.OR DO NOT LIKE WHAT I HE
AR!".. HERE IS A WRITER WHO IS CLEARLY.
ANGRY AT THE WORLD AND WHOSE THREATS.ARE
NOT EVEN SLIGHTLY VEILED. WHILE.HIS LE
TTERS SHOW A FAIR COMMAND OF.THE LANGUAG
E, BY POUNDING HIS FIST ON.THE TABLE AND
MAKING SELF-GRATIFYING.DEMANDS, HE HAS
ALLOWED HIS.FRUSTRATIONS TO OVERRIDE WHA
TEVER.CHANCE HE MIGHT HAVE HAD AT ACHIEV
ING.HIS DESIRES... WHAT WE FEEL MOST IS
SYMPATHY FOR.THE LACK OF DIPLOMATIC SKI
LLS SHOWN.BY THIS WRITER. IT IS ENTIREL
Y.POSSIBLE THAT HE HAS BEEN WRONGED,.ALB
EIT INADVERTANTLY, AND EVEN THOUGH.BY HI
S OWN ADMISSION HE HOLDS NO.RIGHTS TO TH
E PROGRAM, SOME.CONSIDERATION MIGHT HAVE
BEEN OFFERED.IN RESPONSE TO A WELL WRIT
TEN.BUSINESSLIKE LETTER... IT SHOULD BE
OBVIOUS TO THOSE OF YOU.WHO HAVE READ L
OADSTAR OVER THE PAST.SEVERAL ISSUES THA
T WE NEVER KNOWINGLY.PLAGIARIZE ANOTHER'
S WORK. CONSIDER-.ING THE DOZENS UPON D
OZENS OF.COMPUTER MAGAZINES ON THE MARKE
T.TODAY IT IS NOT AT ALL SUPRISING THAT.
WE NEVER DISCOVERED THIS ONE..MOREOVER,
AT THIS LATE DATE, TO.ATTEMPT TO TRACE A
TWO-YEAR-OLD CHAIN.OF EVENTS IS A NEAR
IMPOSSIBLE TASK... IN ANY EVENT, THE LE
SSON TO BE.LEARNED HERE IS THAT TO GET A
LONG IN.THIS WORLD, TO GET ALONG AND LIV
E IN.HARMONY WITH OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEING
S,.WE MUST TREAT THEM AS SUCH. AND AT.L
OADSTAR, WE ADHERE TO THAT.PHILOSOPHY...
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