"Open Amiga? OS4 going open source? "
I agree with previous posters. If you want people to contribute you need to make it run on hardware anyone can afford. And also, starting an open source initiative for a closed source os is definitely cause for ridicule.
Why would people work for free on an os that is not open while they are selling 1000$ motherboards to run this os on and keeping all the money?
I also agree they are just looking for cheap (free) labor. You want to sell your os? Then PAY developers.
Thats ludicrous. IMHO.
Steven
steven, i don't think you're being entirely fair here. openamiga.org has existed for years now and is independent of hyperion. i think steve solie just posted on the hyperion blog about it to call attention to it.
and people have been working on those projects for years. they are offered to OS4 users, not 'taken' by hyperion. some have been added to OS4 as contributions over the years, but i think you guys are really misinterpreting all of this. the only difference between this and normal development is that if you use the openamiga.org infrastructure, you are expected to keep your source open. that's it.
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this is
not about OS4 going the FOSS route. it's just calling attention to a site/community that has existed for years to those who might not know about it. i know this place isn't exactly full of people who like hyperion, but sheesh.
-- eliyahu
