Tides free ware program

[BaggieRich]

I've just been to look at the web site for the "Tides" free ware tidal predictor, only to find that it has been superseeded by a new program, however this does NOT contain any data for the UK.

The site reads :-

Sorry! This program has been withdrawn after the UK Hydrographic Office pointed out that some of its data fell under their copyright. The new version of this program, JTides, doesn't have this taint. It also has no British Isles sites.

How the hell can tidal data be copyrighted? What's that all about? It's just another way for big brother to fleece the punter of as much money as possible (You can conveinetly get tidal predictions from the UK Hydrographic Office for the bargin price of £1 a hit), and it sucks. Big time.

The full web address for the shareware program (Not that it's very helpful to UK anglers any more) is :- http://vps.arachnoid.com/tides/

I guess I'll just have to use the old version I have, along with the fairly small and quite emailable, windows install file.

Grrrrrr.



Rich.