I seriously DO NOT see the problem with this for someone who is NOT contemplating piracy.
Also, how are Genesi any better? Where's the A1 version of MorphOS? Since the Pegasos doesn't have a dongle I should be able to freely download MOS for my AmigaOne, no?
The business model for a Pegasos and MorphOS appears to be based around sales of Pegasos hardware.. the operating system (& licensed apps) is included in the price of the Pegasos motherboard.
AmigaOS4 is an added cost on top of the price of the AmigaONE motherboard.
As for MorphOS for A1 boards, that's interesting.
olegil, are you a developer?
However, the "dongle" is also called "firmware" so I don't see how anyone could have made any profit from sending out boards without that component. Please tell me?
The A1 could have used the standard Open Firmware instead of making a custom one? :-D