FS: D-UAE Dedicated Amiga Emulation Station 2nd Gen w/ AmigaOS 4.1

[eliyahu]

Well after a nasty email from Hyperion threatening me with legal action for purchasing a license for each D-UAE,  They are saying its not available to OEM manufacturers.  Well Im just a small time hobbyist lol.  Not running a darn computer company
So  I won't be able to include a copy of OS 4.1 with each one.  However since the end users of this system aren't building them,  You can purchase and install OS 4.1 on the machine yourself.  

Id rather not risk buku legal action against me just to make sure each one has a legit copy of OS 4.1

you've got to be kidding. i love AOS4 and wouldn't go back to AOS3 for love nor money, but, honestly, what in the name of all that's holy are hyperion thinking?

"hmmm.... someone is developing a product that will provide us license fees. i know, let's send a cease and desist letter!" :lol:

-- eliyahu

[eliyahu]

Tax evasion doesn't work if the shell actually produces a real profit.  Just a thought.

that's the funniest thing i've read in this thread so far. well played. :roflmao:

-- eliyahu

[eliyahu]

Hyperion and their partners (lets be honest this is a team effort here) aren't going to to let you sell a machine emulating Amiga OS4 because...

1) The name.  You need to remove the name Amiga from it entirely unless you have a license to use the trademark.   Call it a Dedicated Emulated Station or something.

2) The strategic partnership agreement Hyperion has with ACube and A-Eon.  Hyperion's EULA most likely prevents it from being sold on non-approved hardware the same way Apple prevents Mac OSX from being sold on non-Macs.  Just look at Psystar: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/09/appeals-court-apple-can-continue-to-restrict-os-x-to-mac-hardware/

you may well have hit the nail on the head with point #2. i just reviewed the EULA that came with my AOS4.1 FE DVD, and the following section in it may be pertinent:

Permitted Uses and Restrictions.  This License allows you to install and use the Amiga OS on a single Amiga-branded or Amiga-licensed computer at a time. This License does not allow the Amiga OS to exist on more than one computer at a time.  You may make one copy of the Amiga OS in machine-readable form for backup purposes only.  The backup copy must include all copyright information contained on the original. You are required to select the appropriate "Locale" setting based on the location where you will be operating the Amiga OS. Except as expressly permitted in this License or by law, you may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, modify, rent, lease, loan, sublicense, distribute or create derivative works based upon the Amiga OS in whole or part or transmit the Amiga OS over a network or from one computer to another.  This license allows you to install or operate the Amiga OS only on a computer system that had a version of AmigaOS installed on it at the time you acquired such computer system or which was especially prepared for running Amiga OS through the use of a dedicated flashrom or similar mechanism.

:rtfm:

-- eliyahu