Next MorphOS version: 3.0! (Not 2.8)

[nicholas]

But there is a chance a lot of people already own the hardware capabale of running MorphOS so can try it out at no cost.
 
No one is already oging to own the hardware that can run AOS4 and not be running it.

Well there are thousands of Peg 2 owners who could run OS4.

[nicholas]

Indeed OS4 will never run on my Peg 2 while I own it, I had enough of HypeOS for the few months I owned a SAM.

Ironically, i've got my eye on a Peg2 purely to run OS4.

My Power Mac is much faster so that's what I run MorphOS on.

[nicholas]

People who buy it now would still buy it: where's the loss ?

Very good point.

[nicholas]

Those who bought MorphOS license now.

Let me get this right.  You believe that all those who have paid for a MOS license would pirate it if you didn't tie each registration to a single machine?

You've just called all your customers thieves.

Classy.

[nicholas]

you buy a license to use the software, not to own it for good. you better start reading the little text on the paper that come with your software/product.

Not in the EU you don't, post-transaction EULA's are invalid.

Anyway, if MOS was really so popular that people want to pirate it then it would have been cracked by now.

The fact it hasn't speaks volumes.

[nicholas]

You really think so? Road *cough* show *cough* *cough* 6 *cough* 8 *cough* k *cough*

Roadshow has been pirated?? Do you have a link to the news?

No, I dont belive that all those who have paid for MOS license would pirate it.

I am sorry if I offended you.

You haven't offended me. I will at some point probably register MorphOS but it won't be until I have made a firm decision on which machine I will run it on.

[nicholas]

Some percentage just want to do it legally and some don't or just can't (afford to).

Exactly.  Those people wouldn't buy it whether it is copy protected or not, so the MOSTeam haven't lost anything.