olegil wrote:
Well, I can still honestly say I don't see where he's threatening end users about suing for breach of EULA. Come on, noone would be that stupid.
Well why bother "reminding users" about the terms of the EULA in his statement if they have no intention of enforcing it?
It's just more pathetic posturing in a knee-jerk reaction to Genesi's announcement.
On the other hand, Genesi are marketing an OS3.9 bundle with no license.
No they aren't. They paid for all the copies of OS3.9. They can sell them to whoever they wish, in whatever way they wish. I can go to vesalia.de right now and order a Pegasos board with a copy of OS3.9. Are they also despicable?
Must be a reason why Genesi aren't bundling OSX, eh?
Because more people want AmigaOS?
But AmigaInc aren't as strong as Apple, so who cares if Genesi screw them, right?
First of all, Amiga gets no money from AmigaOS 3.5 or 3.9. It is H&P's product and it is up to them to enforce the EULA. In no way are Amiga Inc being screwed. If they are to enforce the EULA then everyone using AmigaOS 3.5+ under emulation is breaking the EULA, including people with AmigaOnes running UAE, PC's running UAE, Macs running UAE, and Pegasos's running UAE.
If Genesi were screwing them (which they aren't) you're right, probably nobody would care, considering the number of people Amiga Inc has screwed in recent months / years.
If Bill McEwen mentioning the fact that there is such a statement in the EULA is dispicable,
I wouldn't say it was despicable. Just rather desperate, pathetic, petty and irrelevant.
I would say Genesi bundling with no license is horrible. No matter if it was paid for or not, they are actively tricking users into breaching an EULA,
Nobody is tricking anyone.
one that might very well be legally binding in the users home country. Do tell me how this is such a good idea?
Personally I don't think it's a good idea at all. I don't think anyone using MorphOS would have the slightest interest in running an inferior OS on their machines, and if they did they've probably got a copy of 3.5 or 3.9 left over from their Amiga. Bundling it is rather pointless.