MorphOS statement about its legal status

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@Fozzy

Nah we can't have that !

Atleast not as long as we have Bill, Bill, fleecy, Ben, Ralph,
Hans-Jörg, Steffen, Harald, Gary, Alan, Gerald, Jürgen .....

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@MikeB

BPLan never said that they were the new "Amiga" to get to that
show, that was a mistake made by 3/Sat, and yes that has been
confirmed by 3/Sat(ZDF).

Shouting "illegal" in public forums without ever delievering any
proof is unfair competition, and if AInc/Ben can't proove
their accusations then they can be sued over them.

And yes both McBill and Ben have been talking about stolen
sources (and a whole lot of other things), and that is what
they have to proove.

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@DaveP
I don't think they mean the 3.1 sources, but stuff from
(3rd party) books and AROS, which has been accepted by the
various owners of name for the last 10 years.

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@DaveP

AROS had the blessing of several owners of the name (or Amiga
if you like that better), so it could easily be meant.
Sources for Exec_1.x, are still usefull, because Exec still works
in the same way.

Try to read it as this:

Why should we use AOS-sources (often in asm or HW-hitting)
when free alternativs exist ?

It's not about believing NoBucksBill or yesterdays deadline
for me, but about the fact what has been (not) done by AInc
in the last 18 months or so.

According to Ben MorphOS has been illegal from the start, and
he had the proove for it. After the failed MOS=OS4 talks it
became pretty clear that bPlan where planning to go on on their
own (and now with Thendic). If AInc had taken legal action last
year, than they might have had a chance to bring back the lost
"sheep", which is impossible now. But what they have allready
reached is fanatizing the "community", and raising fear and
uncertainty among the undecided.

Thats probraly all they ever wanted, and a trial was never a real
option.

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@Ivan

Sure it's all specualtion, and thats all we've seen in the last years.

Both MOS and OS4 will start with legacy emulation (no/few
native apps) and will try to move ahead from there.

So Amithlon/UAE will be the most sensible choice of all three
in the near future.

And before you start on OS4-features, you should remember that
none of this has been shown in real life, and the MOS_1.0
will be far more than 0.4.

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@Gadget

Not really, but I may be forced to get a#
bit less vocal in 11 days  ;-)

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@Gadget

And I thought that had been clear ....

@Ivan

Yes I believe that MOS_1.0 will be more than OS4, and I
have no problem saying that in normal terms.