Re: IF archive on CD-ROM


25 Oct 1995 18:29:24 GMT

Andrew C. Plotkin (erkyrath+@CMU.EDU) wrote:
: I'd think that Activision would have to be insane to license out games
: which they currently have in print themselves. I guess you can ask,
: though.

: Also -- maybe I'm paranoid, but could you be really vague about the
: nature of ZIP and Inform if you talk to Activision? Like, not say
: anything at all. Activision is a huge company, and huge companies sue
: by reflex. I can just see a court ordering Graham Nelson and Mark
: Howell to be dropped into a shark pit for "pirating code owned by
: Activision". Regardless of the truth of the situation.

That was my plan. In fact, I was planning to ask for the rights to, say,
the C-64 or Apple II or Amiga version-one they aren't selling, hoping
they wouldn't catch the fact that it doesn't matter one bit, we can all
play it anyway. :)

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