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| Click here to select a new forum. | | Lates version of AtEase? | Posted by: Gil on 2009-02-12 18:55:36
Does anyone know where I can find this? I've been googling my butt off, but can't find a downloadable copy of the most recent At Ease version (5 i think?). Any ideas? :-/
| Posted by: Scott Baret on 2009-02-12 20:43:19
This is because At Ease was never released free of charge. You'll have to look on eBay, Amazon, or at the inventories of B&R, Herb's, etc.
There are plenty of updaters on Apple's site but these are designed to be patches for commercially purchased At Ease versions, not actual At Ease packages.
| Posted by: istar1018 on 2009-02-12 21:42:38
PM if you're looking for a copy.
| Posted by: joshc on 2009-02-13 00:34:04
This is because At Ease was never released free of charge. You'll have to look on eBay, Amazon, or at the inventories of B&R, Herb's, etc.
There are plenty of updaters on Apple's site but these are designed to be patches for commercially purchased At Ease versions, not actual At Ease packages. Scott, most of the free Mac downloads are things that were once commercial products.
| Posted by: Mike Richardson on 2009-02-13 01:21:46
This is because At Ease was never released free of charge. You'll have to look on eBay, Amazon, or at the inventories of B&R, Herb's, etc.
There are plenty of updaters on Apple's site but these are designed to be patches for commercially purchased At Ease versions, not actual At Ease packages. What would happen if every spare copy of At Ease was heaped into a pile and burned?
Would piracy of At Ease then be acceptable?
| Posted by: II2II on 2009-02-13 05:08:09
What would happen if every spare copy of At Ease was heaped into a pile and burned?
Would piracy of At Ease then be acceptable? That depends. Was this burning a decision by the copyright holder? Or was a manical Steve Jobs (i.e. not the copyright holder) trying to destroy all evidence of Apple products prior to NeXT OS X? 😉 It's been said before: copyright is about more than financial gain. Copyright owners may have legitimate or personal reasons for wanting something destroyed.
Copyright law does not make exceptions for individual acts of piracy that are done for some distorted notion of preservation(1). If you want to do that, then chances are that noone is going to stop you. Yet, when you do so, you should still ask yourself if it is important enough to you to risk prosecution for copyright infringement.
If it is important enough to risk prosecution, and you do preserve the software, maybe one day you'll even be regarded as a hero for being the only guy on Earth to preserve a copy of AtEase. Or maybe not.
(1) I would argue that preservation is only relevant if you can preserve the bits and documentation at a minimum. Preserving the original packaging, media, documentation, and advertising literature is an even better act of preservation.
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