What constitutes 'owning' a license for Amiga OS?

[AndyFC]

A thread on here yesterday sparked a thought for me. It was the guy asking where to get Workbench 3.1.

Anyway, for example, if one owns a kickstart version X ROM does that mean you have a license for the matching version of Amiga OS? Or are the licenses for the kickstart ROM and matching OS separate? (I guess this could apply upto version 3.1 as after that OS 3.5 and 3.9 both then ran on ROM 3.1).

This is just theoretical - I don't need an answer for anything.

[xeron]

Well, it depends.

When you bought an Amiga, it came with Kickstart ROMs and a set of disks, so obviously you have the right to use the full OS.

If you bought an upgrade pack for OS3.1, it came with ROMs and disks. So, thats the same.

Now, I believe you can actually buy Kickstart 3.1 roms on their own these days. I don't know if buying this gives you the right to a copy of the disks or not, but i doubt it. At least if you want to legally use OS3.5 or OS3.9, you need to own a 3.1 rom set *and* the CD, which are sold seperately.

Edit: Also, the Amiga Format cover CDs used to come with a licenced set of disks for Workbench 3.0, so if you buy some 3.0 ROMs and still have an AFCD somewhere, you have the full set for that.