• The Vectrex IS NOT Public Domain (PD)

    From Vectrexer@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 21 21:24:29 2019
    A reminder

    The Vectrex IS NOT Public Domain (PD).

    Jay Smith retains the rights.

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@21:1/5 to Vectrexer on Sun Jun 23 01:12:53 2019
    Vectrexer <vectrexer@gmail.com> wrote:
    A reminder

    The Vectrex IS NOT Public Domain (PD).

    Have there been recent issues with that?

    The issue is less about the Vectrex itself as the games, documents,
    trade marks relating to it. My understanding is that permission was
    granted for making/sharing copies of Vectrex material, so long as it
    was not for profit.

    For the Vectrex itself, taking that to mean the hardware, any
    patents must have long since expired. So there would be no legal
    issue were someome to sell a new Vectrex clone based on the original
    design and schematics. So long as they didn't call it a "Vectrex",
    or bundle any copies of original games/documents with it. It would
    also have to have a custom BIOS ROM designed to be compatible with
    the original.

    That's probably a moot point though because there are long odds of
    anyone finding a stash of suitable new old stock CRT monitors.

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