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If someone wanted to build an Amiga computer under licence, who would he go to?


Whoever has the license
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whoever has the licence


So then it's not clear who owns the IP, such as AGA, the real Amiga OS (3.x), Workbench, etc.?

How are new machines coming to market then? :-o


I'm a little fuzzy who owns the actual chipsets, Amiga Inc own the trademarks, and either own AmigaOS or own the licensing rights. Anything Amiga that Amiga Inc don't own Gateway does.
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> it needs to be an integrated solution with out-of-the-box setup and a strong degree of backward compatibility.

How far back exactly? We're talking almost 20 years! Even Windows software doesn't last that long while being able to run on current hardware.

Heck, I've got Exchange Server 2000, which won't even work properly on Windows Server 2003!
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