Distribution Licence For Workbench...

[dammy]

No... for the simple reasons that OS3.9 can still be purchased online and therefore is still a commercial money making product that can be obtained easily and legally enough...

You can download the WB 1.x-3.x via Amiga Forever purchase as well.

[dammy]

I know that and anyone with eyes knows that, I have nothing against Amiga Forever I just want folk to be able to easily download for FREE the Amiga Workbench Disk Sets when they need them...

I'm still wondering who gave you the right to do that?  Now if you can prove in court that AI doesn't own the license to WB/KS and Hyperion's license is null and void, now that would be a horse of a different color.

[dammy]

Seriously, Dammy, give it a rest.  CUSA is selling gangbusters, they'll have their Linux/Workbench spin done in no time, and you can proudly trumpet that their boxes are teh true successors of the Commodoar line.  How's about you leave us old tired farts alone who wish to play with our toys from 1992?

I'm not worried about C=USA, it's Cloanto that has my concern.  Cloanto donated money to TeamAROS (and perhaps to Power2People since they took over TeamAROS bounties) for development of open source software, including the AROS kickstart bounty.  I don't like seeing Cloanto getting screwed for being one of the few commercial companies supporting not only classic Amiga community but AROS community as well.  So no, I'm not going to give it a rest.

[dammy]

Saying "just support AROS instead" is completely missing the point. What we have here is a group of crooks who vultured the rights to software they didn't even make, software that is crucial to the operation of a 68k Amiga. They've locked up that software and licensed it to one company that doesn't even make it available outside of a compilation product that many of us don't want.

No, AI licensed out that to multiple companies. Cloanto, C=USA, and Hyperion.

AROS 68k is a fine and noble effort, but even when it gets to the point that it's self-hosting, that still won't change the fact that the real Amiga system software (not some application program, the software needed to run the computer) is locked up by a passel of thieves and scoundrels.

Yet AROS68K is a replacement for real Amiga system OS's, right down to the kickstart.  But I know, it's easier to pirate then to do the right thing.