Is Amiga Inc's claim to AOS valid?

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AFAIK, AOS was originally coded and copyrighted in USA.  Do you have proof it was created in the UK so it would fall under UK's copyright laws of 50 years?  I didn't think so.

While I'm not really interested in Copyright discussions... Since as far as I'm concerned AmigaOS is tainted IP and AROS is the way to get Amiga compatibility... But I thought I would chime in with an interesting fact that AmigaDOS is basically a straight port of the old British Operating System TripOS to run on top of the exec kernel, and I believe it was done in the UK at a Bristol based company called MetaComCo.

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Think of it this way.... if Haynie's BS is true then MorphOS is the true Amiga OS.

One could further mash the heads of the Blind Hyperion Followers by digging up that old post where one of the Friedens stated that OS4 contains little to none of the Commodore source.

You'll need to search ann.lu since that is where I asked the question and got the response

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I can see your point. But with access to the 3.1 source Hyperion's product isn't superior to MorphOS. The additional time spent improving MorphOS seems to have given it an edge.

Personally I would blame some design descisions made by the Friedan's rather than any inherent inferiority/superiority of product.

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Not in Iran it isn't. Nor is it "piracy" in many other jurisdictions either.

Actually, if you steal something... Then it is piracy, regardless of the lack of laws to protect it.

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Providing download links of software is not stealing according to the laws of Iran, The Netherlands and many many other countries.

I see, so if I show someone where you hide the key to the back door of your house, then I have done nothing wrong, when that person robs your DVD player and poops on your kitchen table

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False analogy Matt.

Not sure it is a false analogy.

The link is showing someone how and where to steal something. I'm thinking quite generically here as I'm personally affected by Copyright theft so my view might be a bit different to most people here.

Don't get me wrong, I think big content providers abuse the copyright laws for their own good... But I want to make it clear that stealing is still stealing regardless of the item being stolen.

Question.

Is using another company's registered Trademarks stealing?

No, that is fraud. You are passing one product off as another.

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In legal terms no there is no law forbidding you to point out to someone where something is, morally... well that depends on the individuals morals...

So what if instead of showing the man where the key was hidden, I took it myself, made a copy and then gave the man a copy of your key?

Anyway if your daft enough to leave a key for your house "hidden" outside then it would be you're own stupid fault if you got burgled and pooped on...

How about if you gave me your key so I could help you do some work in your house... I then made a copy of that key and gave it to Mr poopie robber, then returned your key back to you?

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