Editing Tiny BASIC (section)

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[[File:Copyleft All Wrongs Reserved.png|thumb|240px|right|alt=Monospaced font reads "Tiny basic for Intel 8080, version 2.0 by Li-Chen Wang, modified and translated to Intel mnemonics by Roger Rausklob, 10 October 1976. @ Copyleft, All Wrongs Reserved."|The use of "Copyleft; All Wrongs Reserved" in 1976<ref name="issue1976"/>]]

By the middle of 1976, Tiny BASIC interpreters were available for the [[Intel 8080]], the [[Motorola 6800]] and [[MOS Technology 6502]] processors. This was a forerunner of the free software community's collaborative development before the internet allowed easy transfer of files, and was an example of a free software project before the [[free software movement]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-openhardware/|title=Open hardware: How and why it works|website=[[IBM]] |quote=The open software movement was founded by Dennis Allison in his release of Tiny BASIC in 1975}}</ref> Computer hobbyists would exchange paper tapes, cassettes or even retype the files from the printed listings.<ref name="Warren 1976">{{Cite journal| last = Warren | first = Jim C. | author-link =Jim Warren (computer specialist)| title = Correspondence | journal = SIGPLAN Notices | volume = 11 | issue = 7 | pages =1–2 | publisher = ACM | issn = 0362-1340 |date=July 1976}}</ref>

Jim Warren, editor of ''Dr. Dobb's'', wrote in the July 1976 [[Association for Computing Machinery|ACM]] ''Programming Language'' newsletter about the motivations and methods of this successful project. He started with this: "There is a viable alternative to the problems raised by Bill Gates in his irate [[Open Letter to Hobbyists|letter to computer hobbyists]] concerning 'ripping off' software. When software is free, or so inexpensive that it's easier to pay for it than to duplicate it, then it won't be 'stolen'." The Bill Gates letter was written to make software into [[Product (business)|products]]. The alternative method was to have an experienced professional do the overall design and then outline an implementation strategy. Knowledgeable amateurs would implement the design for a variety of computer systems. Warren predicted this strategy would be continued and expanded.<ref name="Warren 1976"/>

The May 1976 issue of ''Dr. Dobbs'' has [[Li-Chen Wang]]'s Palo Alto Tiny BASIC for the 8080. The listing begins with the title, author's name, and date but it also has "@[[COPYLEFT]] ALL WRONGS RESERVED".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wang |first=Li-Chen |author-link=Li-Chen Wang |title=Palo Alto Tiny BASIC |journal=[[Dr. Dobb's Journal|Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia, Running Light Without Overbyte]] |volume=1 |issue=5 |pages=12–25 |date=May 1976}} Source code begins with the following six lines. <pre>TINY BASIC FOR INTEL 8080
VERSION 1.0
BY LI-CHEN WANG
10 JUNE, 1976
@COPYLEFT
ALL WRONGS RESERVED</pre> The June date in the May issue is correct. The magazine was behind schedule, the June and July issues were combined to catch up.</ref> A fellow [[Homebrew Computer Club]] member, Roger Rauskolb, modified and improved Wang's program and this was published in the December 1976 issue of ''Interface Age'' magazine.<ref name="issue1976">{{Cite journal|last=Rauskolb |first=Roger |title=Dr. Wang's Palo Alto Tiny BASIC |journal=Interface Age |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=92–108 |date=December 1976}} The source code begins with the following nine lines: <pre>;*********************************
;
;    TINY BASIC FOR INTEL 8080
;          VERSION 2.0
;        BY LI-CHEN WANG
;     MODIFIED AND TRANSLATED
;       TO INTEL MNEMONICS
;        BY ROGER RAUSKOLB
;         10 OCTOBER,1976
;           @COPYLEFT
;      ALL WRONGS RESERVED
;
;*********************************</pre></ref> Roger added his name and preserved the COPYLEFT Notice.