A statement concerning the distribution situation of Amithlon

[bhoggett]

If AI doesn't own the copyright, they can't make IP complaints. Gateway Inc. would have to do it.

Patents and copyright are not the same thing. Gateway own all patents, but Amiga Inc have bough the IP, which includes copyright to the OS, assuming Gateway owned that in the first place.

Also, copyright law is international law, and thus not dictated by US copyright law.

However, AI's ownership of Kickstart 3.1 rights is not in question. It seems that H&P and AI have simply been unable to reach an agreement.  BOTH are guilty for allowing AmigaOS XL to be distributed without such an agreement being signed in the first place.

[bhoggett]

It is simply an intelluctual property problem, and once resolved, legal sale of Amithalon/AmigaOS XL would resume.

It might not be that simple. By ingoring Bernie's request that they should cease distribution of AmigaOS XL, H&P are in breach of the contract they signed with him.  Bernie may want to think long and hard before he agrees to let H&P resume distribution of his product.  It's not like they've done a sterling job of it after all.   :-(