On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Jim Bryant wrote:
> No matter what Lush Rimbaugh says on the topic, frivilous lawsuits
> RARELY win in court. A lawsuit over this would indeed be frivilous.
You don't have to win in court, you merely have to exhaust the resources
of your opponent. Walnut Creek doesn't have
In reply:
> On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, David Schwartz wrote:
>
> > > > "unauthorized" things for keeping Trek alive in the first place... If
> > > > it came out that Paramount ever tried litigation over such things,
> > > > they would lose a LOT of fans, and the money in their pockets! What
> > > > w
You're talking as if litigious corporations follow logic and common
sense. This is more the exception than the rule IMO.
Don't construe this as arguing against the inclusion of trek73 ... I
think you're probably right that the risk is minimal, but for different
reasons.
--
Ben Rosengart
UNIX
In reply:
> > On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Jim Bryant wrote:
> >
> > > "unauthorized" things for keeping Trek alive in the first place... If
> > > it came out that Paramount ever tried litigation over such things,
> > > they would lose a LOT of fans, and the money in their pockets! What
> > > would come
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Jim Bryant wrote:
> "unauthorized" things for keeping Trek alive in the first place... If
> it came out that Paramount ever tried litigation over such things,
> they would lose a LOT of fans, and the money in their pockets! What
> would come next? Sueing people at conventi
In reply:
> On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:
>
> > I found a copy of the C version of trek73 in my Amiga archives. This
> > is the trek73 originally written in HP-2000 Basic that was rewritten
> > by Dave Pare and Chris Williams in C and seriously enhanced by a bunch
> >
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> I found a copy of the C version of trek73 in my Amiga archives. This
> is the trek73 originally written in HP-2000 Basic that was rewritten
> by Dave Pare and Chris Williams in C and seriously enhanced by a bunch
> of people including
Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hmm... it looks like the one I have is older. It looks like Jeff had
> made a huge number of enhancements between 1985 and 1988! Pretty cool,
> actually, though neither game is multi-player.
Well, for multi-player, we had the most fu
:we used to play a startrek [multi-user] at buena high school in
:ventura on the PDP-11/44 and was written in BASIC-Plus 2 under RSTS/E
:in 1984. It could have been a port of the same game... i've been
:looking for that one for years. i lost my only listing of that in one
:of my moves to texas
:Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:
:> I found a copy of the C version of trek73 in my Amiga archives. This
:> is the trek73 originally written in HP-2000 Basic that was rewritten
:> by Dave Pare and Chris Williams in C and seriously enhanced by a bunch
:> of people inclu
> I don't want to get nasty here, but was it _really_ necessary to forward
> the entire, original, humungous mail to add a few lines of commentary to
Sorry, but as I already commented to another person, I actually only
read the first two paragraphs of Matt's message before replying and
didn't eve
"Jordan K. Hubbard" writes:
>> I don't think any of the authors would mind if it went into /usr/games,
>
>I certainly wouldn't. It would be an old game returning home to the
>Berkeley world, and I also used to play it a lot on the HP-2000.
>
>The 'ol HP 2000 access, now that brings back memor
Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I found a copy of the C version of trek73 in my Amiga archives. This
> is the trek73 originally written in HP-2000 Basic that was rewritten
> by Dave Pare and Chris Williams in C and seriously enhanced by a bunch
> of people including m
In reply:
> On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:
>
> > I found a copy of the C version of trek73 in my Amiga archives. This
> > is the trek73 originally written in HP-2000 Basic that was rewritten
> > by Dave Pare and Chris Williams in C and seriously enhanced by a bunch
> >
> Did anyone bother to look at /usr/src/games/trek/main.c:
trek != trek73.
- Jordan
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> > No. Make it a port. Policy, remember? 8)
>
> I guess the anti-bloatists would have a point on this one...
>
> I would not object to a port. It certainly eliminates the
> bike shed arguments over it.
Did anyone bother to look at /usr/src/games/trek/main.c:
** C version by Eric P. All
> No. Make it a port. Policy, remember? 8)
I guess the anti-bloatists would have a point on this one...
I would not object to a port. It certainly eliminates the
bike shed arguments over it.
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> > I guess the real question is: /usr/games or /usr/ports? I don't care
> > which, but I would personally prefer /usr/games because it really is
> > an old-time berkeley program.
>
> Perhaps we should ask Kirk... ;)
No. Make it a port. Policy, remember? 8)
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On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> I found a copy of the C version of trek73 in my Amiga archives. This
> is the trek73 originally written in HP-2000 Basic that was rewritten
> by Dave Pare and Chris Williams in C and seriously enhanced by a bunch
> of people including
> I guess the real question is: /usr/games or /usr/ports? I don't care
> which, but I would personally prefer /usr/games because it really is
> an old-time berkeley program.
Perhaps we should ask Kirk... ;)
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:> I don't think any of the authors would mind if it went into /usr/games,
:
:I certainly wouldn't. It would be an old game returning home to the
:Berkeley world, and I also used to play it a lot on the HP-2000.
:
:The 'ol HP 2000 access, now that brings back memories... Did you know
:I o
> I don't think any of the authors would mind if it went into /usr/games,
I certainly wouldn't. It would be an old game returning home to the
Berkeley world, and I also used to play it a lot on the HP-2000.
The 'ol HP 2000 access, now that brings back memories... Did you know
I once wrote
a port?
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> I found a copy of the C version of trek73 in my Amiga archives. This
> is the trek73 originally written in HP-2000 Basic that was rewritten
> by Dave Pare and Chris Williams in C and seriously enhanced by a bunch
> of people
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