[DECtalk] decTalk on IOS with TestFlite beta app?

Brandon Misch bmisch2002 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 15 16:38:23 EST 2022


even I'm interested if possible.

On 11/15/22, Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com> wrote:
> i've never heard of a case of a dead company, suing a bunch of blind people
> who are most likely on Social Security for giving out free copies, free
> modified copies of some thing which is 35 or so years old. I mean, I guess
> there could be a case out there, that I am not aware of, however, I've never
> heard of such a thing, and to be honest, the only people who are really
> interested in this old dectalk  stuff are a very small subset of the blind
> community. This dectalk  thing is very very niche.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 15, 2022, at 15:37, Don <Text_to_Speech at gmx.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/15/2022 10:32 AM, Will Prestwich wrote:
>>> In my opinion - If you try using dectalk code in your app you would be in
>>> for a world of litigious pain.
>>
>> The more insidious thing is that you will never know when/if you're
>> in trouble; you can be served papers after 1,000 folks have "received
>> stolen
>> goods" by your efforts (and "damages" proportional to 1,000 thefts
>> sought!).
>>
>> It's unlikely that the litigant will be willing to settle for you
>> "giving back" all of that technology; you've already made use of it!
>>
>> When I design products for people, one of the first things I put in my
>> contracts is that they will indemnify me ("hold harmless") from any
>> lawsuits that *my* work might bring about.  E.g., if I unknowingly
>> use a patented idea and THEY get sued, the buck stops with *them*!
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