Is Eyetech pirating the A1200 Magic Pack software?

[Targhan]

@Snuden

I think you should stop whining, and pay attention.  The question was brought up, and now Wayne is just following up on it.  It is a very valid question.  If you don't think it is of public intrest, then follow the series of POSSIBLE events that I will lay out for you.

1. Eyetech gives away the Magic Pack with A1.
2. Paul Nolon, 21'st Century entertainmenet, ect don't care.
3. Suddenly, Unisys gets word that AmigaONE is shipping with unpaid gif loaders/savers.
4. They contact cloanto and/or paul nolan, and suddenly Eyetech is sued out of existance.

Gee.  That would really suck.  All because of a GIF loader/saver.

And before you think I'm wierd, let me say this.  Paul Nolan, Cloanto, etc, likely don't care that their ANCIENT software is getting shoved into this deal (likely, not 100%), but I promise you Unisys is quite dangerous about .gif!!!

[Targhan]

@mdma

The Unisys patent on GIF has run out as far as I am aware.

That is good news, but Cloanto recently uploaded the latest version of PPaint to Aminet.  Again, they did so without the GIF loader/saver.  Also, remember the Unisys patent isn't technically called GIF.  It is the LZW (LZH?) archivial routines within the loader/saver for gif images.

In my honest opinion, I *really* hope they have a licence for this, because I would LOVE to purchase a MagicPack on a CD with the documents in PDF format!  Oh yeah! Much easier than all the hoops I would have to jump through to get it onto any of my systems now. (My 1200's drive is wierd, Amithlon has a PC floppy drive, same on my Pegasos, etc)

[Targhan]

@Wayne

The licence was with Amiga Technologies GMbH, i.e. Escom.  I have the "user end" licence right here.