[comp.sys.handhelds] Questions about distribution of TETRAS

gcw20877@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (George Wang) (11/21/90)

I am very confused about the distribution rights of the
machine language version of tetris, TETRAS... Who is the original person
that wrote this version?  I believe the original non-machine
language version was written by someone in Europe?

I am under the impression that someone NOT from HP wrote the
machine language version of tetris... If this is the case,
why does HP have control over whether someone distributes it or not?
I thought TETRAS was public domain... Was it EVER posted to the net?
(And I, among others, just happen to miss it! :-( )

I just got a response from the person who was "going" to post it
but now he said that he CAN NOT post it... Does ANYONE out there
have it that would be willing to email me a copy of post it? If
posting the program does indeed somehow infringe on big HP please
accept my apologies... I just don't understand who is the author
of this program and whether is public domain or not....

Thanks
George

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