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Re:Activision forced Al Lowe to cancel his Leisure Suit Larr... by melevittfl on Saturday December 15, 2018 @12:39PM (#18689354)
If he owns a legally made copy of the source code, and I accept that’s a big if, then he is perfectly within his rights to sell that single copy under the first sale doctrine.

It’s a shame that this bit of history will likely end up lost.

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Re:Activision forced Al Lowe to cancel his Leisure Suit Larr... by userbinator on Saturday December 15, 2018 @01:10PM (#18689543)
Or it'll surface in a torrent or file sharing site...
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Re:Activision forced Al Lowe to cancel his Leisure Suit Larr... by jiveturkey on Saturday December 15, 2018 @03:12PM (#18690124)
why do you think that’s likely? seems a stretch to reach that conclusion.
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