SamuraiCrow wrote:
@Maffoo
Hyperion is already authorized to sell the Classic Amiga version of AmigaOS 4 becuase the owner paid the licence for AmigaOS when they originally bought their Amiga. Secondly, for the Mac to get a version of AmigaOS 4 then Apple would have to apply for an Amiga licence for a Mac version of AmigaOS 4. As was stated earlier, the owner of ACK Software Controls is an AmigaOS 4 developer and has the ear of Amiga, Inc. and therefore is very likely to be able to get a licence for the PowerVixxen TL stand-alone system.
No. This is a common myth. Hyperion is authorised to produce OS4 for AmigaOne, and CyberStormPPC-equipped devices. Nothing else. Just because it plugs into an A1200 doesn't mean it is exempt from the licensing requirements. If that were the case, a $5 A1200 trapdoor -> PCI slot ribbon adapter would automatically give the Pegasos II and PowerMac G4 an OS4 license.
Fleecy stated quite emphatically (in the only public post Amiga have ever made regarding licensing requirements) that a system
must be available and selling in quantities that constitute a business opportunity for Amiga Inc
before they will even consider a request for an Amiga OS license. There was nothing in Fleecy's post to the effect of 'unless you worked on OS4'. If Amiga Inc doesn't see the potential for profit, they won't grant a license, no matter if it's Adam, Fleecy's favourite niece, or whoever.
And who can blame them? They're a business. Businesses exist to make money.
