I understand this as being an unsatisfying solution for you. The situation as it is means that all of us, who are trying to get AmigaOS 3.1 into a maintainable state and beyond, are limited by the legal framework currently in place.
thx for understanding.
and explanation. one important thing i see, is mention, that this way the publisher is obliged to honour the agreements with you, the developers. this of course is an understandable reason to the status quo as present. i think, i understand very well your and thors idea how to advance and would really welcome that succeed.
This could change. I doubt that it will change in the short term.
While we are waiting for the change to come, there's something we can do that makes a difference.
exactly, alas, and since effectively a third of human life has passed with us waiting and nothing changed, i must say my expectation as it is probably with quite a few among the remaining community has hit the bottom.
One: figure out how the Amiga operating system might be made suitable in the context of a community-driven project (this will take time, knowledge of the legal framework, talking to the right people and convincing them), making the change happen.
sorry, but i dont see how the community can help with this. even if it could, it would require a willing partner on the other side, who is actually the only instance that can declare terms. i simply dont see a possibility to open the content we are speaking of. others might try, but given the attitude in communication it usually remains just useless talk on the forums.
Two: work on Amiga operating system development as it is possible right now - at the very least you could get insights into how it works, how to develop it, and that is information you could in time pass on to others when the operating system development becomes more open (even NDAs elapse). You cannot be expected to gain all that working knowledge solely from studying source code
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im sure many do that anyway. there are people replacing the whole components of the system with their code, there is a huge number of patches, the third party software, that could be considered today a necessary contributions is being actively developed. this all for better or worse, with more or less skill, with no supervision, not particularly much communication, with efforts being doubled or quadrupled in the same area. i think its likely to remain like this.