Amiga One emulation

[Floid]

bloodline wrote:
I guess these DCMA exemptions would equally apply to something like MacOS 9 and as well? Since hardware required to run it can't be purchased anymore... and hasn't been available for nearly a year!

I assume.  OS 9 didn't have any meaningful copy protections that I know of, however.  (Jobs' Apple stopped licensing the OS to the clone makers, but AFAIK it still runs on most clones.)

Since Apple still exists, it is the same issue as may exist with OS4 -- you're now freed from the DMCA (no longer a criminal for circumventing protections) but still have to honor their copyright.

It'll be interesting to see what happens with WGA-infected PCs when XP is finally End-of-Lifed -- at which point the public will probably become more aware of their rights (which can change every 3 years, thanks to the wording of the law).

[pjhutch]

What Hyperion could do, is start on OS 4.1 and arrange a new license agreement, so OS 4.0 is tied to Amiga One, but future release could loose that restriction and allow it to be used on other platforms also based in the PPC or which ever processor they want it for...

[humppa]

What Hyperion could do, is start on OS 4.1 and arrange a new license agreement (...)

No, they can't do that _if_ the buy-back clause has been activated (see McEwen interview). All rights in AmigaOS would be transferred back to Amiga Inc.
Wether that clause has been activated or not and the question "Who owns OS4?" is probably one of the topics Amiga Inc. and Hyperion are fighting about.

[derringer3]

What would be, if OS4 just booting up on my A1200/Bppc, and everyone else is forget the lawyers,licences, flame wars and other not important things.  :-D

[pjhutch]

Agreed, I can't see any reason why they cannot change the license agreement for new OS as there is no hardware to run OS4 or any future OS to run it on.  It would be commercial suicide or stupidity to lock it to one platform which the company and the hardware no longer exist.

[humppa]

Agreed, I can't see any reason why they cannot change the license agreement for new OS as there is no hardware to run OS4 or any future OS to run it on.

Simply because a change to the original licensing agreement is only possible with a consent of both Amiga Inc. and (the now defunct) Eyetech. Hyperion was contracted for OS4. They are not entitled to further updates when the buyback has been activated.

It would be commercial suicide or stupidity to lock it to one platform which the company and the hardware no longer exist.

Indeed and I don't think Hyperion are entirely happy with that situation. However, their hands are tied.

Let's wait another few years and see what the outcome of the ongoing legal wranglings are. Exciting, isn't it?  :lol:

[cpfuture]

koaftder wrote:
Aos4? pbtthhhhhhhh. Why bother? Amiga Dev India will be rolling out AOS5 any day now!

LMAO!!!!! But besides laughing my ass off this thread (once again) made me realize what an absurd and sad state Amiga and OS4 is in.

Meh, I'm happy with my classic Amigas though, so I'm pretty ambivalent about the whole thing, although this is certainly not what I would have wished for today's "Amiga". I'm actually more interested in alternatives like AROS and MorphOS than I am in the group of dimwits that happen to actually own the name "Amiga".

But who knows, maybe Amiga Dev India will rock our world, come OS5 in 2038!

 :crazy: