ADFFS 2.63

ADFFS 2.63 is now available for download from JASPP, along with the following titles:

The Adventure Collection (1993) (Alpine Software)
ALPS [v5.12A] (1995) (Alpine Software)
ALPS Support Disc (1990) (Alpine Software)
COPS (1989) (Alpine Software)
Cyborg (1992) (Alpine Software)
KerBang! (1991) (Eterna)
Plague Planet (1988) (Alpine Software)

Cyborg (1992) (Alpine Software)

Could lead to some marketplace confusion with alpine

That’s the problem with names :-) . There is also more than one Alpine software company too…

Although the two games are very different. So hopefully any confusion will be minimal.

Tony
www.amcog-games.co.uk

Could lead to some marketplace confusion with alpine

Possibly, but there are two viable solutions and one non-viable “solution”

viable:

1. Ignore the dual use
2. Get Anthony to rename the amcog product

Non-viable

1. Use time machine and get Alpine to rename their 1992 product.

Third option for the world in which we live today – Amc*g threatens legal action on whatever remains of Alpine for the use of the “important trademark” (blah blah) unless all copies are immediately removed from existence.

(^_^)

Note: If you think that’s a weird comment, even by my standards, read https://www.heyrick.co.uk/blog/index.php?diary=20090316

What? Legal complaint? Perhaps in some parallel universe…. But certainly not in this one. After all I keep releasing my source code and have a firm belief that most disagreements can be solved over a nice cup of tea.

To be realistic, however, in the past – I had some nasty experiences after releasing a product for Windows (piracy, theft against it etc…). But not on RISC OS, I’m pleased to say.

Fourth option: Play Alpine’s Cyborg game.

Tony

Legal complaint? Perhaps in some parallel universe….

It was mostly tongue in cheek, but did you read the linked article?

disagreements can be solved over a nice cup of tea.

Whoa. A rational response. You’re not from around this planet, are you? ;-)

Fourth option works for me.

What? Legal complaint? Perhaps in some parallel universe…

As Rick said, a touch tongue in cheek, but with a serious side note.

Ask Martin Avison about people complaining about his use of the Avisoft Software tag despite the complainants being the new kids on the block swinging at the established user of the name tag. Martin had serious numbers of years prior use.
Sometimes the people that complain are idiots from this side of the pond, but more often it’s transpondians with “USA-is-the-whole-world” and owns everything delusions.

Unfortunately there was a fatal bug in the version of ADFFS released earlier today, which caused 26bit Modules to become corrupt, causing some games to fail. This has now been fixed so please download ADFFS 2.63 again if you’ve already downloaded it.

You can confirm you have the updated version by checking Info on the ADFFS Filer menu, it should have today’s date (19-12-17)

Thanks Jon. Look forward to trying out the fixed version.

It was mostly tongue in cheek, but did you read the linked article?
Hi Rick,
I was at work and only skimmed it. I’m not sure about the grammar in the e-mail. However, yes I agree you don’t argue with those sort of messages. I was careful when I chose AMCOG (AMbiguous COntrasts Games or Acorn Micro COmputer Games or Am COG (i.e. RISC OS symbol) games etc.) that it didn’t (and was unlikely to be of interest) to anyone else. Regardless, its difficult to argue for ownership if the other party has more cash and better lawyers even with trademarks… Still I might trademark when/if the business grows..

You’re not from around this planet, are you? ;-)
I frequently get asked what planet I’m on :-)

Tony

Steve: Yes, now, what was DPScan originally called? It’s like names of things take the Highlander approach – there can be only one. Didn’t bother me in the slightest that somebody was using the (bleedin’ obvious) name CastAVote. Sadly the guy a decade late to the party did not think that way. Double sadly, I couldn’t do any research (a friend did most of it) because I only had internet access once a week at the library in those days. Probably just as well or I might have replied citing Arkell v Pressdram…

Anthony – I ain’t no lawyer, but I think you can use the mark “TM” to indicate that you consider something to be your trademark (it becomes “®” when registered as an actual trademark).
But note three caveats – firstly German law treats TM as a registered mark, and secondly you may be expected to defend a trademark or risk losing any benefits from it (this is certainly true in the US and varyingly so in other places), and finally trademarks are territorial so a mark registered only in the UK doesn’t apply to the US (through of course a mark registered only in the US applies globally, right?).
[disclaimer for left pondians: this is not legal advice]

My simple solution is to avoid coming up with anything that needs stuff like patents and trademarks. That said, did I mention the “bleedin’ obvious” part yet? :-)