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   Message 3,673 of 5,461   
   Matthew Munson to Mark Lewis   
   RE: QModem Pro   
   05 Sep 19 22:15:48   
   
   TID: PX/Win v7.0 PX33-1226M   
   MSGID: 1:218/109 26b7b349   
   TZUTC: -0700   
   On 9/5/2019 2:07 PM, Mark Lewis wrote to Matthew Munson:   
      
   ->    
   ->  On 2019 Sep 05 00:11:02, you wrote to All:   
   ->    
   ->  MM> I wonder if I am able to contact the rightsholders to the program, do   
   you   
   ->  MM> think a big amount of money will be needed to buy the rights to the   
   -> program   
   ->  MM> if they still have the source code to it?   
   ->    
   -> that depends on who has the code and what they can and are willing to do   
   with   
   -> it... they might just give it to you if you're going to open source it and   
   keep   
   -> it viable in today's world... open sourcing it could be a big job, though,   
   if   
   -> commercial closed libraries are/were used... those routines would need to be   
   -> replaced...   
   Sadly the rightsholders refused to communicate back, but i guess they like   
   their assets    
   not being used or sold for money for another 20 years where the value goes   
   down even    
   further.     
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