Hypothetically, what is to stop Amiga Inc releasing the OS 3.1 source code under a GPL or similar license?
As a 20 year old operating system surely it no longer has any commercial value. I believe Hyperion owns the rights to OS4.0+ but Amiga Inc still has 3.1 so could do it if they wanted to.
If they could legally do it, would any amount of pressure from the community persuade them I wonder. I guess its doubtful as they are too busy licensing the brand to consumer electronics companies.
Didn't the conclusion of the lawsuit between Ainc and Hyperion say that Hyperion has exclusive distribution rights to OS3.1? Wouldn't Ainc open-sourcing OS3.1 go against that?
From what I understood of things, Ainc did not actually HAVE OS3.1 to provide to Hyperion, and Hyperion got it from Olaf Barthel instead. Regardless of agreements and lawsuit endings, do Ainc have OS3.1 in their possession to do even be capable of open-sourcing it?
