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Re: Is Xy 4 now freeware?/my advice abandonware



Now, now. Let’s not slam lawyers for offering a means of protecting intellectual property! :-)

Although I purchased every version of XyWrite (including Signature) from II+ onward, my thought on
similarly abandoned programs is this:

As long as I do not commercialize the program, *and* I would be willing to pay some reasonable
market price for it if the copyright holder were interested and available, I can use it without
legal or moral concern. Perhaps one other restriction should be added: . . .and I do nothing to
obscure the origin, authorship or ownership of the program.