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No I was not referring to that numbering system in my original post.
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well, clearly you have some sort of axe to grind - I'm just not sure I understand what that is 
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The axe to sue Microsoft.
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oh, you're going to sue Microsoft over their version naming or something? good luck
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you're the one that started this discussion thread 
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Colborne_Greg wrote: There is no such thing is windows 9.
So Microsoft is lying as well?
Let me guess; when let out of the basement and not taking your medication, you walk around with tin foil hat.
You are a loon.
(In response to other assertions; Windows Vista & Server 2008 had the internal version number of 6.0. What is called Windows 8.1 has the internal version number of 6.3. It doesn't really matter. Microsoft could call the next major version, Windows Elephant and yet people will still refer to it as Windows 9.
In the meantime, go back on your medication.)
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Show me where Microsoft has declared windows 9, you wont because they haven't.
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ABUSIVE! ABUSIVE! ABUSIVE!
(I did that so he wouldn't have to.)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I'm not really sure where should I post this question, so I came here.
I'm writing an article, but the project requires ROM files of a legacy system in order to run. Now I don't think these files are 100% legal to distribute freely, so what do you think is the best course of actions? Should I provide link to external location where these can be downloaded or include it with source code/executables anyways?
Edit:
It's 30 years old firmware from a company that does not exist for the last 20 years.
modified 23-Jul-14 13:54pm.
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Mock them up. 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Well I do, I mock them with files that have exactly the same binary content instead of using actual ROM chips
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If you're not sure whether they're legal, and you can't find out, then don't post them here!
Even a link to a potentially illegal download could get both you and the site admins in trouble. Just ask Richard O'Dwyer[^].
Oh, and there is a specific forum[^] for questions about writing articles. If only it had an obvious and easy to remember name! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Well, since you insist: It's not that I don't know about the it, it's just the forum is pretty much dead. It takes less time to write an article then to get an answer there, so it's useless.
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If in doubt, assume illegal and do not post them.
As for links to possibly-illegal content? The same thing in my opinion.
I suspect the hamsters would be unhappy with you if they got nasty letters from legal eagles as a result...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Quote: I suspect the hamsters would be unhappy with you if they got nasty letters from legal eagles as a result...
I should think Eagles would treat Hamsters as prey!
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You clearly haven't met the CP hamsters!
TechnoBob[^]
Grasshopper[^]
Raphael[^]
Big George[^]
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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George can't be that big - he's hiding behind a massive sign that reads "Image hosted by Angelfire".
Looks like they've blocked hot-linking. You have to copy the URL and paste it into the address bar; clicking the link doesn't work.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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That's gotta be a BIG sign!
(Strange though, I can see George just fine, and I didn't have to sign up or anything. :ScratchesHeadSmiley:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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It's 30 years old firmware from a company that does not exist for the last 20 years, so I doubt anyone will show up with nasty letter.
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Would you like to visit a bank with me sometime?
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Mladen Janković wrote: Now I don't think these files are 100% legal to distribute freely, so what do you think is the best course of actions?
I think you should play safe and not include them in your article.
You could follow the various console emulators path: state that ROMs are needed by your system but you cannot provide them.
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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Yeah, I think I'm going do it that way.
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Mladen Janković wrote: I'm writing an article, but the project requires ROM files of a legacy system in order to run. Now I don't think these files are 100% legal to distribute freely, so what do you think is the best course of actions? Should I provide link to external location where these can be downloaded or include it with source code/executables anyways?
The best course of action would be to try and absolve CP of any liability. As in, don't add it to the article so it's not hosted here. Don't directly link to it either. Instead, just put the files on some other host and give a description of how the user can find them. For instance:
If you go to blahblah.com and look for a link on the bottom right, etc.
CP can't get in trouble for that. You might for hosting the files, but knowledge is legally free. Dead serious. You can go to a library to learn how to make a nuclear bomb. But, as soon as you start to try you get into trouble. The government (not China) protects against making knowledge illegal, for now at least. If ever a cease and desist was sent, it would be sent to the actual host and not CP.
Jeremy Falcon
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