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Offline Omega Space ProtonsTopic starter

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Bootable Disk
« on: October 19, 2010, 08:44:43 PM »
Is it legal to distribute parts of the workbench and system files per this tutorial in order to create a bootable disk for a custom developed game?
 
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Offline Tension

Re: Bootable Disk
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2010, 09:04:23 PM »
CU Amiga used to come with a bootable CD-ROM.

If it was legal for them, it should be legal for you.

Either way, do it anyway.
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Offline Heiroglyph

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Re: Bootable Disk
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2010, 10:26:51 PM »
I agree, although it seems like a gray area.  I don't think Commodore ever had a problem with it.

See, yet another reason to get Aros up to speed ;)
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Offline Steady

Re: Bootable Disk
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2010, 11:34:50 PM »
Commodore had an agreement you had to sign that allowed distribution of all or some of the Workbench files, so that's what happened then. I have no idea what it means today???
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Offline Trev

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Re: Bootable Disk
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2010, 11:45:15 PM »
There was a license agreement somewhere that specified which files could be redistributed. Of course, none of that really matters anymore.
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Offline Franko

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Re: Bootable Disk
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2010, 12:34:17 AM »
The only time you can buy a 'legal' copy of Workbench these days, as far as I know, is if you purchase Amiga Forever from Cloanto. Reckon they might be the only ones to object (but I very much doubt they would bother...) :)

Myself, I say go ahead you'd have to be very unlucky to find anyone who would object... :)
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Offline Omega Space ProtonsTopic starter

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Re: Bootable Disk
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2010, 05:53:30 PM »
Great thank you all for clearing this up. I have just finished configuring the emulator and am now starting to work on the game itself. I will post a thread when its ready for beta testing.

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