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Posted by SlimJim on 13-Apr-2002 19:06 GMT | In reply to Comment 86 (SlimJim): Man do I hate ANN's formatting system! And I keep forgetting it too:-(
This is a little easier to read:
After some discussions over at ANN, the AmigaOS4
licensing issues seem to result in a long chain of
reasoning: The 'FACT's are all official stuff, the
'CONCLUSION's are just that- hopefully objective
conclusions from the facts.
FACT: AmigaOS4 cannot run without specific stuff in FlashROM.
FACT: When Eyetechs PPC-based board has these ROM extensions
installed, and thus can run AOS it is called an AmigaONE.
CONCLUSION1: When this AmigaONE is sold, it has to be bundled with
AmigaOS, as the license states that all licensed boards capable
of running the OS must be sold with it.
CONCLUSION2: When Eyetech's board hasn't got those ROM extensions
installed, it CANNOT run AOS4. It is also not an
'AmigaONE' anymore. This board can be sold by Eyetech
for Linux users wanting to use the HW.
FACT: License states that AOS4 will never
be shipped unless together with hardware. Exception
is PPC-classic users.
[dev.board buyers are not considered regular users, and will supposedly get
the OS together with Flash-update as separately
arranged (mentioned by Ben at ANN)].
I couldn't find any unbiased 'CONCLUSION:' to this one.
I guess it is up to each person to decide wether
this is a good or bad thing.
PRO: The OS is sure to support the hardware it runs on.
CON: You cannot buy a separate AOS and smack it in a
random unlicensed third-party PPCboard.
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