Re: A86: ROM Images (legal battle thread)
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Re: A86: ROM Images (legal battle thread)
Well, distributing ROMs could potientally cut into TI's sale of
calculators because people (espically programmers) will use the free ROM
instead of buying the calculator.
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Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
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On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Cassady Roop wrote:
>
> > Paranoid I am not. Cautious I am. TI is just waiting for ticalc,
> > ti-files, or dimension-ti to mess up. The second that such an error is
> > made, TI will begin the legal process. TI would love to shut down every
> > last major site and if we can defend our position and win, TI will leave us
> > alone, forever.
>
>
> I don't think that they are like some evil organization just biding
> their time before maliciously striking down all sites that have used or
> provide their ROM. Although they of course don't outwardly admit it, I
> don't think they mind THAT much as long as you don't turn around and
> start selling the ROM. After all, assembly programmers buy
> calculators. They don't want to alienate their customers. Maybe they
> are afraid that we'll all turn Hewlett-Packard...
>
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