I'm interested to know, genuinely, why is it illegal for me to equip an aging machine with an old OS that nobody, including its copyright holder, seems to care less about?
The simple point is that while the thought of producing something for the community is admirable, copyright is still copyright, and trying to sell it, bundle it, or distribute it in any way without proper license is, in fact, software piracy, hence illegal, and not really open for discussion here.
While I do tend to agree that software piracy on the Amiga -- AT THIS POINT -- is rather moot, the legalities behind using this site to promote or coordinate such activities is pretty cut and dry.
Again, I thank you for the initiative and the idea, and if you could get the authors of Amithlon and AmigaOS on board, we'll be all behind you 100%. Until then, this simply isn't the place for such discussion.
Wayne Hunt
Webmaster Emeritus, Amiga.org
