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Mainly the better games. A few more apps, such as CAD / graphics.

Utility type stuff ICE, Speedscreen, extensions to QDOS.

The main issue with copyright has been tracking down the copyright owners. I had quite a bit of success in doing this over the years, but unfortunately lost the time and inclination due to people bemoaning that I was keeping all of the software I had preserved to myself.

We need others trying to find the copyright holders and obtain their consent.

I think my frustration is with those that have been found but won't respond either way with a simple yes you can or no you can't.

Those copyright holders still missing is a different matter.

Wicksy wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2024 11:17 am I think my frustration is with those that have been found but won't respond either way with a simple yes you can or no you can't.

Those copyright holders still missing is a different matter.

True - Eidersoft is a case in point.

Wicksy wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2024 5:54 am Mainly the better games. A few more apps, such as CAD / graphics.

Utility type stuff ICE, Speedscreen, extensions to QDOS.

Extension to QDOS? which ones are you interested? look in QL World at the DIY Toolkit articles which are all downloadable.

Minerva graphics is fast than Speed screen, and is about 98% the speed of Lightning, without loading the extension... oh no Lightning is DP software, so still copyright.

ICE do not know, maybe still copyright to Dave Jones, but I was disassembling ICE to see if it can be updated. But very out of date.

Better games: like Pitman, Qstar 1/2, Picole, Qjewels, Crazy Cards, Invaders, WordLI, Qbits software ... there are more.

Not much CAD software, mainly based on the Psion suite layout.

Graphics software, may now lie in the SMSQ/E GD2 are, with Photon, GV2, ...

oh no Lightning is DP software, so still copyright.

Speedscreen is apparently still for sale by original author though! (someone kindly asked him for me when I was preserving it).

XorA wrote: Sun Oct 20, 2024 11:25 am

oh no Lightning is DP software, so still copyright.

Speedscreen is apparently still for sale by original author though! (someone kindly asked him for me when I was preserving it).

I just Minerva, as the Minerva manual indicates a near Lightning graphics speed increase, without use of any memory.

XorA wrote: Sun Oct 20, 2024 11:25 am

oh no Lightning is DP software, so still copyright.

Speedscreen is apparently still for sale by original author though! (someone kindly asked him for me when I was preserving it).

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