Blackwell Idealist

Posted by Lucas
May 22, 2025 at 08:50 PM

Note that a post ostensibly from Richard Nunn, original author of Idealist, states the following:

As the original author, I’m calling it: Idealist is now abandonware.

The Wikipedia definition is: “Abandonware is a product, typically software, ignored by its owner and manufacturer, which can no longer be found for sale, and for which no official support is available and cannot be bought.”

If the IP owner, if one even exists, wants to make a claim then let them. They will be unable to prove a loss on their part in a court, because they have shown by their (in)actions that the product has no commercial value. In the meantime, use it whenever and wherever you like.

https://groups.google.com/g/idealistdb/c/WPUeVx-hPoA/m/k8O8-Fd2AgAJ

There are also further comments about this from Richard in various threads in that group.

There are also recent discussions there that appear to include working download links for installations files, such as the following:

https://groups.google.com/g/idealistdb/c/W3589hSxdlo/m/gPCCn_0jBQAJ