Open Letter to Hobbyists
Open Letter to Hobbyists adalah sebuah surat terbuka yang ditulis oleh Bill Gates, pendiri bersama Microsoft, kepada para penggemar komputer pribadi pertama, yang berisi keprihatinan Gates atas pelanggaran hak cipta perangkat lunak yang terjadi di kalangan penggemar, terutama terhadap perangkat lunak perusahaannya.
Dalam surat tersebut, Gates menyatakan rasa frustrasinya dengan sebagian besar penggemar komputer yang memakai perangkat lunak Altair BASIC milik perusahaannya tanpa membelinya. Ia menekankan bahwa penyalinan tak berizin yang meluas seperti itu akan membuat para pengembang enggan menginvestasikan waktu dan uang mereka demi menciptakan perangkat lunak berkualitas tinggi. Ia menyebut ketidakadilan dalam memanfaatkan keuntungan dari waktu, usaha, dan modal pengembang perangkat lunak tanpa membayar mereka.
Majalah yang menerbitkan surat ini
- Gates, Bill (1976). "An Open Letter To Hobbyists". Homebrew Computer Club Newsletter. 2 (1). Mountain View, CA: Homebrew Computer Club: p. 2. ;
- Gates, Bill (February 10, 1976). "An Open Letter To Hobbyists". Micro-8 Computer User Group Newsletter. 2 (2). Lompoc, CA: Cabrillo Computer Center: p. 1.
- Gates, Bill (1976). "An Open Letter To Hobbyists". Computer Notes. 1 (9). Albuquerque, NM: MITS: p. 3. ;
- Gates, Bill (March 11, 1976). "An Open Letter to Hobbyists". Minicomputer News. Boston MA: Benwill Publishing.
- Gates, Bill (March–April 1976). "An Open Letter To Hobbyists". People's Computer Company. 4 (5). Menlo Park, CA: People's Computer Company. Pemeliharaan CS1: Format tanggal (link)
- Gates, Bill (1976). "Computer Hobbyists". Radio-Electronics. 47 (5). New York NY: Gernsback Publications: pp. 14, 16. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2019-01-29. Diakses tanggal 2012-10-29. ; ;
Sejumlah tanggapan terhadap surat ini juga diterbitkan, termasuk dari Bill Gates.
- Hayes, Mike (1976). "Regarding Your Letter of February 3". Homebrew Computer Club Newsletter. 2 (2). Mountain View, CA: Homebrew Computer Club: p. 2. Diakses tanggal November 25, 2007. ;
- Singer, Harold L. (March 28, 1976). "An Open Letter to Ed Roberts". Micro-8 Computer User Group Newsletter. 2 (4). Lompoc, CA: Cabrillo Computer Center: p. 1.
- Gates, Bill (1976). "A Second and Final Letter". Computer Notes. 1 (11). Albuquerque, NM: MITS: p. 5. ;
- Childs, Art (May 1976). "Interfacial". SCCS Interface. 1 (6). Los Angeles: Southern California Computer Society: pp. 2, 4. Editor Art Childs writes about the letter he received from the "author of Altair Basic" and the resulting controversy on propriety software.
- Wada, Robert (1976). "An Opinion on Software Marketing". BYTE. 1 (11). Peterborough, NH: BYTE Publications: pp. 90, 91. ;
- Warren, Jim C. (1976). "Correspondence". SIGPLAN Notices. 11 (7). ACM: p. 1. ; Jim Warren, the editor of Dr. Dobbs Journal, describes how the Tiny BASIC project is an alternative to hobbyist "ripping off" software.
- Moores, Calvin (September 1976). "Are you an author?". BYTE. 1 (13). Peterborough, NH: BYTE Publications: pp. 18–22. An article on software copyright law that discusses the "Open Letter to Hobbyists".
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Referensi
- Ceruzzi, Paul E. (2003). A History of Modern Computing. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-53203-4.
- Freiberger, Paul (2000). Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-135892-7.
- Manes, Stephen (1994). Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry and Made Himself the Richest Man in America. New York: Touchstone, Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-671-88074-8.
- Wallace, James (1992). Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-56886-4.
- Young, Jeffrey S. (1998). Forbes Greatest Technology Stories: Inspiring Tales of the Entrepreneurs. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-24374-4. Chapter 6 "Mechanics: Kits & Microcomputers"
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