AmigaOS 3.9 Boing Bag #3

[Piru]

Is there license and legal documentation included on each and every component in the BB3 archive? If not, there should be, I think.

Distributing 3rd party files (even if freeware) can be a tricky business. For example: What if some distributor suddenly would start to sell BB3 on a CD? Would all (possibly unwilling) contributors be happy with that?

For example aminet files have "Distribution" field in their readme, with possibility to specify NoCD if you didn't like aminet guys selling your stuff.

[Piru]

@ kolla & dannyp1

Well IMHO the situation is clear: The BB3 compilers didn't clear the copyright issues. The BB3 limbo is direct result from this.

This is exactly the reason why you should always clear these issues beforehand.

The current situation might seem unfair, considering no money making is involved. However, copyright is the "copy" "right", and it applies regardless of the payment (even if none).

[Piru]

a) For any files that exist on AmigaOS disks (or compact discs) simply create patch files for them from the original to the final state. Determine which OS the user is providing and apply the appropriate patch. This appears to be OS3.9 for the most part.

That only solves the issue if the patches themselves don't contain any 3rd party copyrighted material.

If they do, then this method solves nothing.