I hope we can read this disappointment as a matter-of-fact response and not accusatory annoyance.
We—most Xyers—simply don’t have the technical knowledge to pitch it at Xyghost’s level. I can’t begin to understand most of what s/he reports.
I haven’t tried using a decompiler since I needed to run Xy II on a non-standard Hyperion computer in 1983(?). If any of us are programming these days, it is probably with a relatively high level program.
Thank goodness for the few low-level programmers still digging around. I can only cheer from the sidelines.
For what it is worth, I cannot see why there would be a copyright issue unless the modified code were used for economic benefit. If I paid for Xy 4.x, and someone produces an improved version, whoever holds the copyright is not being economically impacted
by my use of the modified version.
Of course, things might be different if the copyright holder decided to market a Xy 5.x, but after all these years this seems unlikely.
Myron (Gochnauer)
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