I figure if you have an original ROM, you can format shift it to your hearts content! :cool:
Heh, sort of how I see it myself. I figure I've paid for it, hmm (A1200, A3000, A2000 x2, A4000, OS4, and Amiga Forever) 6 or 7 times already, I've got no qualms leeching it off TPB, which I am completely unashamed to say I did recently when building a new UAE machine, solely because couldn't find my AF disc with the ROM's/Images.
Fact is, the situation with Kickstart/WB is muddied at best. If I wanted original disks for an old legacy Amiga that is missing disks, I *can* buy them retail. Of course, God only knows who actually gets the money in such transactions, for all I know the rightful rights holders may not see a dime and "real" versions of WB/KS are often nothing more than copies of copies.
Should I want to be a legal beagle and download WinUAE and then purchase the ROM images and the disk images, what are my options? Limited, as this thread shows :/
I'm well aware of Amiga Forever, and it's a hell of a product that I do highly recommend, but... If a guy could simply buy digital copies of ROM's and the disk images, we'd be in a far better state. Some people simply have no need for the pre-rolled Amiga Forever experience, such as these Pi dudes - being able to buy the bare essentials in a digital form would be so nice.
Just part of the unmitigated legal trainwreck that is everything Amiga for the past nearly 20 years, I suppose. I'm still quite pleased that Hyperion included them in a past recent OS4 update for my SAM 440.
One hysterical point I often think of is how some fervent anti-piracy people here will scream bloody murder if you even suggest downloading something like ROM's/disk images *if* you have already paid for them, all the while they wouldn't blink twice if someone suggested torrenting a copy of Windows if a person was unable to find their OEM Windows disc or keyfile
