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A McBill era Amiga history, long version
« on: February 08, 2010, 11:55:27 PM »
I sighted this link on Moobunny. Strap yourself in, it is a long read!

http://sites.google.com/site/freeamiga/
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Re: A McBill era Amiga history, long version
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2010, 01:13:38 AM »
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After reading such an extensive and in parts interesting text, is it correct to conclude that today the AmigaOS 3.1 copyright holder is non existant? Meaning AmigaOS 3.1 and before are actually abbandonware per se.

So actually there is no proof of ownership or copyright holder, only valid licenses that some few companies have since the time of Commodore.

I will be glad if someone could correct me

That is a good question, one that has not been properly answered since the demise of Escom.
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Re: A McBill era Amiga history, long version
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2010, 04:20:19 AM »
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Am I reading that right? Now ESCOM's ownership of the OS is in dispute? Unbelievable...

Actually I vaguely remember this being discussed in the 90's. There were court documents posted back then, but I don't speak German.
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