Hyperion Entertainment CVBA and Amiga Inc. reach settlement

[Darrin]

Does the access and right to use OS3.1 to develop their programs also give the the rights to use Kickstart 3.1?

I'm wondering if this would allow Hyperion to develop a pre-loaded SD card for "Minimig" type machines with an office Kickstart and OS installation.  Perhap even a complete "Minimig" games system for commerical release...

Either way, well done Hyperion and hopefully this will allow OS4.x to move forward in leaps and bounds.

[Darrin]

I didn't think OS 4 had a Kickstart.  

They have the rights to 3.1 to protect the bits of 3.1 that are in OS 4.  If AI goes belly up the right to classic OS will be in limbo, possibly a long time, with the possibility that whomever eventually ends up with those rights could take legal action against Hyperion, the specific granting of rights to 3.1 should prevent this.

I was thinking of Kickstart from the Minimig point of view where it is needed.

That said, doesn't OS4.x use a kind of UAE environment to run legacy software and if so then doesn't it need a Kickstart for the classic emulation?