Licensing Kickstart ROMs for Raspberry Pi

[eben]

For the last few months I've been making sporadic attempts to locate the copyright holder in the Amiga ROMs, with a view to allowing Raspberry Pi users to legally use emulators like UAE. Unfortunately I've met with little success.

Can someone enlighten me as to where the copyrights currently reside?

Eben Upton
Executive Director, Raspberry Pi Foundation

[eben]

That may not be easy, the only group I've seen trying to enforce the copyright lately is Cloanto, who would potentially be a competing licensee.

It would be worthwhile to try them though.  They might be able to license a portion of their own product to you if nothing else.

Do you believe they own the copyright, or do they just have a license? Their website implies the latter, but some of their efforts to actually enforce the copyright imply the former.

Great job on the pi BTW, looks like a good product that I'm very interested in.

Thanks. It's been a real labor of love, and it's great to see it paying off.

[eben]

Well, I've left a message with Cloanto. I'll report back if I get any useful clarification.