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Re: OS 3.1 Open Sourcing Question
« on: October 27, 2011, 07:46:43 PM »
Quote from: beakster2;665357
Hypothetically, what is to stop Amiga Inc releasing the OS 3.1 source code under a GPL or similar license?

As a 20 year old operating system surely it no longer has any commercial value.  I believe Hyperion owns the rights to OS4.0+ but Amiga Inc still has 3.1 so could do it if they wanted to.

If they could legally do it, would any amount of pressure from the community persuade them I wonder.  I guess its doubtful as they are too busy licensing the brand to consumer electronics companies.
Lots of 68k asm, BCPL and whatever variant of C they used (probably missing a working compiler now)... Honestly just go to AROS.org and download the sources and enjoy, I did and do :) x