We NEED AmigaOS to go open source

[recidivist]

Yeah,and we NEED Mac OS X  and Windows 7 to go open source!!!!!

Uhhh,dude!

If open source is what you want then use linux!
I use all of them  on various computers.

I suppose next you'll want free food,cars, and houses?

[recidivist]

Look , the  idea of a car or a computer or an operating system IS "open source" ;BUT  you aren't LEGALLY allowed to make an exact copy of anything still protected by patents or copyrights and sell or give away copies without the  patent or copyright holders' permission.You may make a car,but not a close copy of a Ford,nor can you call your car a Ford.
Now is that concept too limiting for you?
Then  have the laws changed or ignore them as you like,and see what happens.
By the way,several "totally harmless" T-shirt vendors are  likely to face FELONY counterfeiting charges for selling NFL team logo wear at a big flea market near here.And previously several vendors of pirated movies have been shut down ..
But  football is "open source";you CAN play football all you want,but you just can't declare your team official NFL without the league's agreement.

 Now maybe you can explain just why Hyperion would give away that which they have fought for years in court to obtain? Or are you going to say the court decision isn't legitimate?

 I think you are free to write your own OS ,beginning from scratch,which will run on Amiga hardware .After all,some versions of linux run on Apple hardware ;but again,the don't try to call it Mac OS  because Apple has the legal rights.

[recidivist]

I saw at least ONE auction on eBay for a AROS disk;as far as I know there is nothing wrong with someone downloading AROS ISO ,burning  to DVD ,and  offering it at nominal cost to all.That probably is something official AROS site should offer.And sales of a $9.99 AROS DVD ISO could generate  some funds to buy developers pizza and pop.Or to take wife out to dinner as reward for not fussing about too much time spent programming!?

 The MorphOS  team sat down and wrote alternate OS for Amiga platform,didn't they?I'm not sure of status of  MorphOS 1.4 ,is it free,and does it run on 68k?
Neither have I seen any action taken against all the people who have written freeware/shareware enhancements to the AmigaOS.Yet many,if not most,Amiga owners never used those add-ons due to confusion of installation by the AVERAGE home user.Average home computer user just wanted to USE  Amiga or whatever brand,so wants OS in one easy to install(or pre-installed) package.
 I think Linux  is slowly catching on better now that one can get LiveCD/DVD automated installer for Ubuntu and other distros and having automated updaters and package managers is definitely  good."Geeks" may love moving OS files around but average users do not.So is Amiga to be ONLY for 'geeks"?
 The Apple business model of OS teid closely to hardware has worked well for them and their users and Apple has surely been innovative.
 Hyperion is smart to follow model of successful company .
 RE:patent and copyright lwas,I wish they had been left as pre-1976,so after 14 years maybe 28 with renewals the monopoly would expire.14 years ought to be long enough,but that is not the law today.

[recidivist]

MorphOS is overpriced for US but runs on fastest CURRENTLY AVAILABLE computers, AmigaOS 4.x is priced comparably to big OSes but needs updating  and runs only on expensive hardware,AROS has modest number of vocal supporters who apparently don't contribute enough funding to project to attract more talented programmers,......it looks to me if you want to run Amiga on PC ,then you just need to BUY Cloanto's Amiga Forever,which is very reasonably priced ,runs fast on PC hardware and even comes with classic games!

For what its worth,I have made small  monetary contributions to (($10,I think) to Aros,Amiga Sys even though i don't use them,and have purchased  several AF so can run on laptop and desktop legally.And it makes me feel supportive of  overall Amiga scene.
I worry some want open or whatever only  for free,but someone always has to expend effort and deserves rewards.

[recidivist]

Agree!
United States Constitution was meant to set up a REPUBLIC,not a democracy.

Democracy had already been tried and found wanting,communism hadn't worked,benevolent kings died and were succeeded by lazy greedy heirs;only republics with certain  basic  guarenteed freedoms AND responsibilities seem to promote happiness and freedom for largest percentage of the population.

Re: AROS,again,apparently it isn't rewarding enough to get  that OS polished and updated and in the hands or computers of significant number of users.

No doubt vast majority of  former Commodore Amiga users think of Amiga only as the computer they had before they grew up.