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Distribution Licence For Workbench...
« on: May 03, 2011, 03:54:56 PM »
Ok... as I reckon after trying to contact the various companies that allegedly hold the rights to distribute the various Workbench Disk Sets and not receiving one dicky bird or even one iota of a response from any of them in regard to purchasing a licence that would allow me to legally distribute "Workbench" freely online via my websites. then...

It's time for me to go ahead and place them openly on the homepage of CommodoreScotland.com... :)

So why am I posting this here, well for a number of reasons...

1) Firstly (before I do so) to see if anyone here knows of any company that I should still try to contact to obtain a licence who they think may genuinely be able to sell or issue me with such a licence/rights... :)

2) To ask the site owners here (and the mods), please do not to remove my CommodoreScotland.com link in my signature again WHEN I make the Workbench disk sets available for download on my site under the claims that this is piracy. As I have done all that I can to legally obtain a distribution licence from all alleged owners. If the so called owners or whomever still allegedly has the rights to either sell/issue or deny me a distribution licence fail to respond to all contact I have tried to make then I can only reasonably assume that they don't have the rights to sell me such a licence or don't care that I distribute them... :)

3) To let the copyright mafia that lurk about this site know that if you have any complaints about me doing this then please do not complain to the moderators or site owners here but feel free to inform or take it up with whom you believe to be the current copyright holders of the Amiga Workbench Disk Sets... :)

So unless the site owners here object or anyone can help me contact someone who can genuinely sell/issue me with a distribution licence then in a few days time all versions of the Workbench Disk Sets from 1.3 to 3.1 will be available to download freely from Commodorescotland.com ... :)
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Re: Distribution Licence For Workbench...
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2011, 03:56:51 PM »
Have you tried asking H&P for a license to OS3.9?
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Re: Distribution Licence For Workbench...
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2011, 03:59:24 PM »
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Have you tried asking H&P for a license to OS3.9?


No... for the simple reasons that OS3.9 can still be purchased online and therefore is still a commercial money making product that can be obtained easily and legally enough... :)
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Re: Distribution Licence For Workbench...
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2011, 04:04:13 PM »
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No... for the simple reasons that OS3.9 can still be purchased online and therefore is still a commercial money making product that can be obtained easily and legally enough... :)


even if it is overpriced.  :D
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Re: Distribution Licence For Workbench...
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2011, 04:05:41 PM »
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even if it is overpriced.  :D


Agree on the price... but at least it can still be purchased/obtained easily enough... ;)
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Re: Distribution Licence For Workbench...
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2011, 04:06:21 PM »
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No... for the simple reasons that OS3.9 can still be purchased online and therefore is still a commercial money making product that can be obtained easily and legally enough... :)


You can download the WB 1.x-3.x via Amiga Forever purchase as well.
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Re: Distribution Licence For Workbench...
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2011, 04:08:18 PM »
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Agree on the price... but at least it can still be purchased/obtained easily enough... ;)
Workbench/AmigaOS 1.x- 3.1 can be legally bought as part of the Amiga Forever package! Hoist by your own petard!
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Re: Distribution Licence For Workbench...
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2011, 04:09:05 PM »
Actually I just did a search to find someone who actually sells it and gave up after 5 pages of "free downloads".

Even Amigakit don't have it in stock.

It makes me wonder when the last time a real OS3.9 CD was pressed.
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Re: Distribution Licence For Workbench...
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2011, 04:10:34 PM »
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You can download the WB 1.x-3.x via Amiga Forever purchase as well.


True... but I wish to make them available for free and do not agree with folk having to pay for a download. Amiga Forever is fine if you're happy to pay for a physical product and I have even purchased it myself (although I have never used it)...;)
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Re: Distribution Licence For Workbench...
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2011, 04:11:42 PM »
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Agree on the price... but at least it can still be purchased/obtained easily enough... ;)
Q: Are silver CD's of OS3.9 still being "pressed" by H&P or somebody else? Or are retailers still selling NOS versions they purchased years ago?

And then there's the Update 2 OS3.9 disc... who distributes those and are they silver or burned on CD-R?

Franko, if you're not able to do 3.9, what about 3.5?
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Re: Distribution Licence For Workbench...
« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2011, 04:13:47 PM »
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Workbench/AmigaOS 1.x- 3.1 can be legally bought as part of the Amiga Forever package! Hoist by your own petard!


I know that and anyone with eyes knows that, I have nothing against Amiga Forever I just want folk to be able to easily download for FREE the Amiga Workbench Disk Sets when they need them... :)
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Re: Distribution Licence For Workbench...
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2011, 04:16:35 PM »
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Q: Are silver CD's of OS3.9 still being "pressed" by H&P or somebody else? Or are retailers still selling NOS versions they purchased years ago?

And then there's the Update 2 OS3.9 disc... who distributes those and are they silver or burned on CD-R?

Franko, if you're not able to do 3.9, what about 3.5?


To be honest 3.9 & 3.5 distribution doesn't interest me at this point in time, Id rather just stick to 3.1 and lower and have them easily available on the net for old hands and newcomers alike... :)
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Re: Distribution Licence For Workbench...
« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2011, 04:22:41 PM »
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To be honest 3.9 & 3.5 distribution doesn't interest me at this point in time, Id rather just stick to 3.1 and lower and have them easily available on the net for old hands and newcomers alike... :)

I see. I was just curious as to who all would care about 3.5 anymore. I could see people downloading and giving it a try for a while, but seems most would ultimately want to move to 3.9.

1.x and 3.x have a lot more relevancy to 'em in getting old legacy machines (that didn't come with the disks as they're bought 2nd/3rd/4th hand these days) to do much of anything.

As an aside, I wonder if M$ would care about people downloading MSDOS, Win3.1, etc. anymore? Apple with their olden OS's. OR is it just the Amiga community that gets their undies in a bunch of this kind of thing?  :lol:

(Atari folks don't seem to give as much of a hoot A8 or ST wise either)
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Re: Distribution Licence For Workbench...
« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2011, 04:23:14 PM »
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I know that and anyone with eyes knows that, I have nothing against Amiga Forever I just want folk to be able to easily download for FREE the Amiga Workbench Disk Sets when they need them... :)


I'm still wondering who gave you the right to do that?  Now if you can prove in court that AI doesn't own the license to WB/KS and Hyperion's license is null and void, now that would be a horse of a different color.
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Re: Distribution Licence For Workbench...
« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2011, 04:25:30 PM »
Applause to Franko, and rude noises to the copyright natterers. That's all I have to say.
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