From: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.i-amiga
Subject: Re: regarding U4ia and his music modules.
Date: 4 Sep 92 22:53:48 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

HOPPIN@NIEHS.BITNET (Bob Hoppin x-5786 A-352 Mail Drop A3-03) writes:

>just because we haven't seen it before, doesn't mean it shouldn't be
>there.  and the more bizarre the better.  perhaps the problem is that it
>is too open and personal and vulnerable.  the problem i can see is that
>there are lots of people who need more equipment than they have and the
>net could be flooded with requests for donations.  if that isn't considered
>a problem, then why not?  if the people who police this stuff would shut
>off those who ask without having donated anything to the comunity pass
>those who have made a contribution then i think the net would not be
>flooded.  shareware is moved around on the net and that asks for donations
>for value added to the community and the individual.  i don't see much
>difference.  he should make sure to ask for donations in the material
>that goes out with his mods.  I will respond to this appeal, since I'm
>interested in mods and i'm touched by his appeal.  But not to the next
>one, i'm afraid.

>bob

I agree with you, Bob.  Nonetheless, he wouldn't have known that his 
Amiga would get trashed when he released his earlier mods.  Furthermore,
that poor guy has released *so many* mods to the public domain.  Isn't  
it a time for us to say "thank you" to him?  Please remember: he was
doing all of us a favor when releasing his mods as public domain.  

I agree people should not use this trick to ask for money.  However,
I truly think Jim "U4ia" Young of MegaWatts is an exceptional case.  
People who have access to pd Amiga software for quite a while should
have seen/heard of his stuff.  

One thing I particularly like about the Amiga community is that everyone
seems to be so close.  We can talk to various Commodore Engineers/developers
on the network--it's like a family to me.  An active member of this family,
Jim Young, now loses his Amiga.  Shouldn't we at least help him a little?
(note: "we" as in those who benefited from U4ia's contribution to the 
 Amiga community).
                                                                      

Yours Sincerely,
Kelvin (who enjoys U4ia's mods very much)

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