Hyperion only offer one license, and it is ridiculous, ambiguous and extremely limiting.
Apparently, only for one guy.
Yes, ONE or - 1, 2 or 3 - which can be either 1 or 2 or 3, or it can be 1 and 2 or 3?
In my English, a sentence that goes "A,B or C" lists three alternatives.
I am happy, but this is not about happiness, it is about finding out what the f Hyperion are trying to communicate, and what potential consequences there are.
No, Kolla, it is not. It is about "finding reasons to complain". You know that, I know that. There is no problem with the license as such, just the usual legal glibberish, read it with common sense, same as a court would, and there is no problem at all.
That is a rather big issue, don't you think?
No, I do not think so.
No, I have not, I am a *developer*. It is not my job to create licenses, read them, or check them.
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I see, that figures - so then, why can you even possibly make the claim that it is not the license that prevents me from buying more copies of OS 3.1.4, and possibly the future OS 3.2?
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Because, Kolla, I know you. Nothing prevents you from buying. You just find reasons to for you to complain about to claim that something is preventing you - that is the true reason, not some license that is quite clear.
If I read this license, I'm quite sure what I'm able to do or not to do. It boils down to "one license per hardware, for systems which are designed to execute AmigaOs, no copies in the internet, do not share the stuff, do not mess with the binaries, use the right language setting, we waive responsibility to the degree possible", that's it.
Was it because it was *I* who wrote it, and you have a certain soft sport for me?
Yes, apparently. Everybody else, I would have taken serious. But this is just hillarious.
Blablabla technobabbel - I perfectly know *why*, sheesh.
Well, then why make a rumble.
It is nevertheless a solution. If it makes you feel any better, I typically use CygnusEd for these tasks, fully paid and registered - I find Olsen a much more pleasant person to communicate with that you 
Works for me if stop pestering me.
Many edit all prefs programs to use a different font than topaz/8 - what scum they are, breaking the license!
Yup, so don't use programs that modify the binaries that come with the Os. Guess why that rule is there. To keep customers away from doing stupid things, then come back and argue that their Os broke.
Dumb question - why did your program _allow_ people to chose fonts in different size then?
All of this was/is experimental, and no, it is not for the public.
It is almost a shame you did not release it though, would be ironic if the OS came with a program specifically there to break one of the conditions in the license.
It did not break the license because it did not modify binaries. Besides, a tool that would be delivered as part of the Os can hardly break a license.
Not if the license stays at it is.
What? Scalable prefs break the license? I'm sorry, I must be in the wrong movie. The license says "do not mess with the binaries". It does not forbid an Os component to provide a scalable GUI.
Not by the definition Microsoft uses, but with the Hyperion license it is not clear. My washing machine does have a computer in it, and so it is indeed a computer system too - potentially powerful enough to run an incarnation of UAE, and hence a possible target for AmigaOS.
No, it is not. It is not designed for executing AmigaOs, so installation of AmigaOs on it is excluded. That's what the license text says, quite clearly. Does not fall into 1), 2) or 3).
Then perhaps you should also stop being obnoxious with those who have read it.
The point is not the reading part. The point is that you make such a big noise about something completely harmless, and not because you don't understand it - I consider you smart enough.
Excuse me - it was *YOU* who wrote "Nope" when I stated that the license prevents me from buying any more copies of OS 3.1.4 - it was not Hyperion, it was YOU.
Correct. It is not the license that stops you from buying, Kolla, I say that again. The license is ok, it is you, trying to find reasons to complain, that is the reason. I know that from the very beginning - you just try to pick some fake arguments, that's all.
I only WISH it was actually someone from Hyperion who could bring answers here - you are clearly NOT the right person - not that it ever stops you though.
As licenses go? No, I'm not the right person, definitely. But you don't need that person either. You have made your decision to dislike Hyperion, and now you try to find reasons. it's quite obvious that nobody from Hyperion is willing to explain the license to do you either because the case is clear.
So why do you feel the need constantly jumping in to act like Hyperion's complaint department - all you have to do is... nothing!
I develop. That's it.
Is your ultimate goal for replying me, to have me banned from here? Is that all you want?
I admit that this would be a relief.
Btw - the ATAPIMajik module works great on all systems so far.
Not here at the betatesters side, so it will not ship.
And is ARexx' DATE(CENTURY) noted on the bug tracker? It still counts from 1900, not 2000.
I don't know what you mean by "still", but the problem there was is that it required some additional research to find out what exactly the Rexx specifications say before attempting a fix. There was some "wannabe" fix in one of the inofficial boing bags I looked at, but it also got things wrong. In some cases, it requires a bit more time to find out what exactly is right, and leaving a bug in is sometimes better than making a premature fix.
