That warm fuzzy feeling.... so gone. - Page 3

Takeda Shingen · 08-09-10, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Walruss

Why is Abandonware not allowed? It is, after all, by definition, software where the copyright has expired, and is totally legal in all sectors, except in countries where political censorship occurs... and then it's not a copyright issue....

Seriously though?

Because this is a privately owned forum and those are the rules of the site owner.

Dowly · 08-09-10, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Walruss

Why is Abandonware not allowed? It is, after all, by definition, software where the copyright has expired, and is totally legal in all sectors, except in countries where political censorship occurs... and then it's not a copyright issue....

Seriously though?

There are many AW sites that are perfectly legit, but majority of them tend to offer all kinds of old games regardless if the copyright has expired.

Arclight · 08-09-10, 09:05 AM

Abandonware is not the same as freeware. Not untill the copyright expires, anyway.

Sailor Steve · 08-09-10, 09:24 AM

When I was a teenager it was the '60s and long hair was just becoming the big thing. I wanted to grow my hair out, and my dad said "No". When I wanted to argue, he gave me a list of reasons. When I wanted to argue with those, he went for the bottom line: "My house, my rules".

When this Abandonware discussion comes up, I usually waste a lot of time and energy trying to explain Subsim's standing and reputation in the gaming industry, and trying to make the questioner understand what and why. But the bottom line is:

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Because this is a privately owned forum and those are the rules of the site owner.

It doesn't get any simpler, more direct or more final than that. Neal's house, Neal's rules. End of discussion.

Faamecanic · 08-09-10, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Here we go for the kazillionth time.

Here's an idea moderators: Start handing out brig time for everyone who doesn't make a search before posting, especially for threads like this that we got dozens if not hundreds already.

And being a whiny bitch.

Now Dowly.... this isnt the Axis forums where name calling is acceptable

(JOKING BUD!!)

I think he was more just saying the DRM servers are down... yet again...for the gazzillionth time...

John Channing · 08-09-10, 10:38 AM

Gazzillionth? Really? They've been down a gazzillion times?

Funny.. I must have the only non-DRM copy in existance because I have only had a problem three times, and two of them were in the first two weeks after release.

Wow! A gazzillion is a lot, right?

JCC

longam · 08-09-10, 11:33 AM

and now we have wolfpacks that attack

robbo180265 · 08-09-10, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by longam

and now we have wolfpacks that attack

How cool is that?

John Channing · 08-09-10, 12:18 PM

cool to the gazillionth power!

sergei · 08-09-10, 12:29 PM

why is everyone whispering?

Krauter · 08-09-10, 01:12 PM

BECAUSE LOUD PEOPLE SUCK (AND SINK THEIR SUBMARINES EASILY..)

I mean.. yea

Moeceefus · 08-09-10, 01:34 PM

I still feel warm and fuzzy when I play it.

Hooch · 08-10-10, 04:51 AM

Well I'm seriously enjoying it.
though the captains log glitch is annoying

Reece · 08-10-10, 09:27 AM

I'm not enjoying it!

Sailor Steve · 08-10-10, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by John Channing

Gazzillionth? Really? They've been down a gazzillion times?

Funny.. I must have the only non-DRM copy in existance because I have only had a problem three times, and two of them were in the first two weeks after release.

Wow! A gazzillion is a lot, right?

JCC

What you don't realize, John, is that you really are the center of the universe, and every time you don't play they go down. of course you would have no way of knowing that...

Sorry, couldn't resist.

08-09-10, 09:05 AM	#33
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Abandonware is not the same as freeware. Not untill the copyright expires, anyway. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

08-10-10, 04:51 AM	#43
Hooch Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 12 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Warm and fuzzies Well I'm seriously enjoying it. though the captains log glitch is annoying

08-10-10, 09:27 AM	#44
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,718 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	I'm not enjoying it! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

08-09-10, 10:38 AM	#36
John Channing Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 1998 Posts: 1,846 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 5	Gazzillionth? Really? They've been down a gazzillion times? Funny.. I must have the only non-DRM copy in existance because I have only had a problem three times, and two of them were in the first two weeks after release. Wow! A gazzillion is a lot, right? JCC

08-09-10, 11:33 AM	#37
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	and now we have wolfpacks that attack

08-09-10, 12:18 PM	#39
John Channing Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 1998 Posts: 1,846 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 5	cool to the gazillionth power!

08-09-10, 12:29 PM	#40
sergei Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: London UK Posts: 1,788 Downloads: 405 Uploads: 29	why is everyone whispering?

08-09-10, 01:34 PM	#42
Moeceefus 中国水兵 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New York Posts: 278 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I still feel warm and fuzzy when I play it.