What's about copyright on Dragon ROM code?
Is there any official statement?
Dragon Data is dead. But the BASIC comes from Microsoft and they sill alive ...
copyrights on old ROMs ?
copyrights on old ROMs ?
... too many ideas and too little time ... Related stuff written in Python:
Dragon 32 emulator / PyDC - Python Dragon 32 converter: https://github.com/jedie/DragonPy
DWLOAD server / Dragon-Lib and other stuff: https://github.com/6809
Dragon 32 emulator / PyDC - Python Dragon 32 converter: https://github.com/jedie/DragonPy
DWLOAD server / Dragon-Lib and other stuff: https://github.com/6809
Re: copyrights on old ROMs ?
Technically they must still hold the copyright - but I doubt they are bothered about enforcing it.
Simon Hardy
Re: copyrights on old ROMs ?
I think the rumours 20 or so years ago were that the copyright passed to Prudential plc however I've no idea whether or not that holds any truth or what the current situation may be. It's difficult to imagine that anyone at Prudential plc would have the slightest idea about such an old low value asset now either, really.
Re: copyrights on old ROMs ?
Well I know a man who has the original source code for the Dragon 32 version - including hand written notes on the print out........ However when last contacted he wasn't about to let that fall into our hands due to potential copyright issues.
Simon Hardy
Re: copyrights on old ROMs ?
To have that, would be very cool!admin wrote:Well I know a man who has the original source code for the Dragon 32 version - including hand written notes on the print out........ However when last contacted he wasn't about to let that fall into our hands due to potential copyright issues.
The CoCo Basic Unravelled series books contains a disassembly ROM codes:
EXTENDED BASIC UNRAVELLED II:
COLOR BASIC UNRAVELLED IIEXTENDED COLOR BASIC 1.1
COPYRIGHT (C) 1982 BY TANDY
UNDER LICENSE FROM MICROSOFT
SUPER EXTENDED BASIC UNRAVELLED IICOLOR BASIC 1.2
(C) 1982 TANDY
MICROSOFT
DISK EXTENDED COLOR BASIC 2.1
COPR. 1981, 1986 BY TANDY
UNDER LICENSE FROM MICROSOFT
AND MICROWARE SYSTEMS CORP.
... too many ideas and too little time ... Related stuff written in Python:
Dragon 32 emulator / PyDC - Python Dragon 32 converter: https://github.com/jedie/DragonPy
DWLOAD server / Dragon-Lib and other stuff: https://github.com/6809
Dragon 32 emulator / PyDC - Python Dragon 32 converter: https://github.com/jedie/DragonPy
DWLOAD server / Dragon-Lib and other stuff: https://github.com/6809