[News] Serious allegations about H&P | ANN.lu |
Posted on 08-Nov-2001 14:17 GMT by Christian Kemp | 164 comments View flat View list |
Amigo follows up on serious allegations about H&P and says: "I also just asked Unisys as it says here, and am waiting for a reply. If true, H&P could probably be forced to close."
[ If H&P indeed didn't pay royalties for Unisys' GIF algorithm, they might not be forced to close per se, but if this is indeed true, and Unisys decides to sue, they might have to pay some serious fines. Also note that while this is not in unmoderated, it's highly speculative, unconfirmed and generally should be taken with the usual grain of salt - CK ]
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Posted by Emmanuel Lesueur on 09-Nov-2001 17:36 GMT | In reply to Comment 55 (Ben Hermans/Hyperion): Ben Hermans writes:
> Two days prior to a release of a product an agreement might get
> cancelled and you would then be required to destroy the entire
> inventory?
Sigh. We are talking about AmiTCP being sold with AmigaXL/Amithlon.
H&P have known for more than a year that they have no right to
sell AmiTCP.
> No, a license agreement cannot be terminated without abiding by the
> contractual terms governing termination.
No agreement has been terminated. NSDi had an agreement with
Active Technologies for inclusion of AmiTCP on the NetConnect
CD. They never had any agreement with H&P for inclusion with OS3.9
nor AmigaXL, and NSDi being the copyright holders of AmiTCP, they
are the only one who can decide how it can be distributed.
NSDi have never sold all their rights to anyone.
> When you build a house and get a contractor to do so, does he or his
> employees need to take care of everything himself or can he also
> bring in contractors to do the roof, the plumbing etc.?
That's completely irrelevant. We are talking about intellectual
property.
> If I suggest that MorphOS is in part based on OS 3.0/3.1 source-code,
> I am accused of being unfair because you are innocent until proven
> guilty.
Of course.
> Apparently the same line of reasoning doesn't apply to H&P but only
> MorphOS.
H&P have acknowledged having no rights on AmiTCP. Still, one year
after having done so, they sell AmiTCP with a new product. |
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