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Offline Franko

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Re: Kickstart ROM Replacement (Phase II) Assigned
« on: November 10, 2010, 02:04:16 PM »
Serious question here...

Being new to the internet I'd never hear of these 'bountys' before and have been wondering why are they needed. As to me if I were write or develop a program for the Amiga I would never think of asking anyone for money just for me to do so.

So I'm left wondering why are donations needed and what is the money used for, if someone could explain to me why, then I may consider donating myself to such projects... :)
 

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Re: Kickstart ROM Replacement (Phase II) Assigned
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2011, 03:04:06 PM »
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You all realize if the IP owners chose to take legal action they can pay a lawyer and claim that AROS infringes upon copyrights.

That being said this is this whole kickstart replacement is awesome news.

Nobody gives a toss about who claims to own what anymore, if those who claim to own the IPs/Copyright/Distribution and all that crap really cared or thought they had a leg to stand on, then all this BS would have been solved years ago...

At the end of the day there are countless sites on the web where all this stuff can be downloaded for free or a small charge and it constantly turns up on eBay no matter how many times eBay removes it... :)

I fail to understand why folk on these sites get their knickers in a twist when it's obvious whomever claims to own it doesn't give a shit otherwise there would be no sites on the web or the stuff being sold on places like eBay if they were really that bothered about it... :rolleyes:
 

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Re: Kickstart ROM Replacement (Phase II) Assigned
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2011, 04:46:32 PM »
@ Pentad & all the other Legal/ Copyright/ IP/ etc.. etc.. boring gits...

You may be a Uni prof teching copyright & patent law but the whole point is when it comes to the Amiga then as the years have shown its all just one big crock of shit...

If whomever out there who claims they own the legal rights to any Amiga/Commodore related stuff and had enough evidence to prove it in a court of law whether American or elsewhere in the world and if they actually cared about the whole ruddy thing then it would have all been solved a long time ago...

Yes I know there have been some court cases and believe that there are still some going on, mainly to just benefit the lawyers and other leeches, however the simple fact remains that Amiga ROM Images & Workbench disk sets can easily be found on the net and can easily be downloaded by anyone. Now if those who genuinely can prove ownership of this stuff were really bothered it seems most strange to me that they do nothing to prevent it...

Seems to me the only ones who like to keep all this BS going are those holier than thou armchair experts who post on these forums spouting their so called expert opinions on all things legal & copyright. For gawds sake give it a rest, we've heard it all over & over again and it all leads to nothing...

Do something useful for or with your Amiga (if you have one) and leave your so called expert opinions in your minds where the rest of us don't have to read this claptrap over and over again and again...

If someone out their who can genuinely prove that they own the rights to this or that when it comes to the Amiga then leave it to them to do so in a court of law and all you legal/copyright pundits post something useful and interesting or even just funny instead of going over and over the same old BS time after time after time... PLEASE... :)