How Legal is MorphOS?

[Piru]

I really want to understand how legal is morhos?

Fully legal.

I mean as i know they do not have any licence from Amiga Inc. but their software is said that completable with Amiga OS 3.x series without any kickrom. How it is possible?

It is possible because copyrights apply to implementations not ideas. It's perfectly legal to replicate functionality as long as you don't do it by copying the source code. Also, when creating MorphOS we were careful to avoid any Commodore patents (for instance menu multiselect).

Over the years many individuals have claimed that MorphOS would somehow be illegal. Ben Hermans has been one of them. Considering he has some legal training he should know better than present such obviously frivolous and unsubstantial claims (see Fear, uncertainty and doubt)

The most ridiculous claim was that someone would have found AmigaOS 3.1 code from MorphOS by disassembling MorphOS binaries. When asked to produce the evidence, nothing was presented. Considering that the AmigaOS is 68000 code and MorphOS is fully PowerPC native you can pretty easily call this bull manure.

MorphOS does not contain any AmigaOS source code and never has. MorphOS is fully legal.

[Piru]

MorphOS should get their own forum or if they have one.. use it. MorphOS isn't Amiga and Amiga isn't MorphOS.

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How is this related to MorphOS legal status? amiga.org is open and free for all platforms. If you don't like it, you can always leave yourself.

At least could you please start your own thread about your ranting?

We are talking about different people now with different ideas and goals and ambitions. You can't brand them (Hyperion) with the 'crap' that went off over the past 10 years.

Actually they're the very same people. Ben Hermans is again involved with Hyperion and also A-Eon. See these:
http://sintonen.fi/temp/hermans.txt and
http://www.biclodon.com/misc/amigafarm/benhermans/

You expect anyone to work with people like this?

There indeed is problems, but we're not it. There is absolutely no way anyone from MorphOS would ever be involved with Hermans. I'd rather see MorphOS die off than merge it with what AmigaOS is today.

[Piru]

From where ? Who owns it?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=amiga+developer+cd

Part of it is even available for free:
http://www.haage-partner.de/download/AmigaOS/NDK39.lha