At 14.47 15/11/97 -0800, you wrote:
>> Yes, I'd like people to share code but maintain authorship. And I will
>> arbitrate any authorship disputes. That's why I treat you as the author
>> of Oystron rather than Jim Nitchals.
>
>Whoa! My contributions to the code were miniscule! If he had 8K to play
>with instead of 4K, I wouldn't have even needed to optimize anything.
They were small in terms of bytes, but without your help I couldn't have
found the space for the cheese-guys and other nice things.
>> Unfinished is okay in certain circumstances. For instance, Oystron is all
>> done save for any optional tweaks. It's already a contender. It just has
>> to be basically playable without any obvious rough edges to it.
>
>I'd ship it now if I were him... it's solid.
I think that 2.9 is really OK. I'm only waiting for the artwork that a
friend of mine is drawing, which will (hopefully) go on Nick's web page.
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