« on: February 05, 2003, 07:24:00 PM »
downix said:
If patents are still held then MorphOS may indeed be illegal whether legal action is taken or not.
This is the point. I remember a thread on Moo Bunny ages ago where Ralph Schmidt himself was saying that IP re: AmigaOS source code had been ruled by "that German judge" as being
, I guess not technically Amiga's. Unfortunately the thread must have gone beyond Moo Bunny's archive limit as it was available a few weeks back and I can't find reference to it now.
Ralph wouldn't have said that if they didn't use the source code, he would have said "we didn't use the source code" :-)
Similarly bbrv has stated MorphOS being delayed, again there would be no delay if there were no issue.
Point being - the legality MAY have to be resolved, and I guess we'll find out in due time. Crying "it is 100% legal!" or "it is illegal!" when you don't actually know is pointless, if need be we'll find out.
Same with the "breach of contract" issue.
What is worrying is (as I have been saying could happen for many weeks now) that we have obviously entered the stage where litigation is flying. More delays and bitterness on all sides? Ho ho ho!
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