[Rant] AmigaOS + POP/PPC petition official web site | ANN.lu |
Posted on 06-Jun-2002 04:30 GMT by Seehund | 280 comments View flat View list |
AmigaPOP.8bit.co.uk is finally online!
Here you'll hopefully find all information you could possibly want about the "AmigaOS distribution policies and POP/PPC hardware petition". I hope the background information and FAQ will be especially helpful to clear up any confusion surrounding these issues.
If you have not yet signed the petition, then please do so now! Please help spreading the word by linking to AmigaPOP.8bit.co.uk. It's not too late to save our favourite OS and a unified POP-based hardware market!
In other news, I have finally managed to get in touch with the PetitionOnline.com administrators. The few abuse and sabotage attempts so far have been removed from the signatory listings. Not that any garbage would ever reach the recipient of our petition, but I understand some thought that it didn't look too good...
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AmigaOS + POP/PPC petition official web site : Comment 116 of 280 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Samface on 06-Jun-2002 16:36 GMT | In reply to Comment 110 (Mekanix): Aaaaahh... But you're missing the main reason for this whole license thing. You see, even if they did drop their license policy, we would still have the compatibility problem to solve which won't be solved without cooperation from the hardware manufacturer. Amiga Inc. and their AmigaOS4 development partners must have support from the hardware manufacturer regardless if the hardware is POP-based or not, and that's exactly what Amiga Inc. is offering to the hardware manufacturer by this license. The license is an agreement between the hardware manufacturer and Amiga Inc. that they will cooperate in order to ensure compatibility between their products, provide the consumer with the two products combined as one quality product, and at the same time prevent piracy through the ROM code protection and bundling the OS to reduce the need for piracy. You see, this is what Amiga Inc. is offering *every* hardware manufacturer wanting to have AmigaOS4 support and all of their hardware partners have to sign the very same license, noone excluded or favoured in any way.
It's a great way of enabling any hardware manufacturer out there to have AmigaOS4 support for their product if they like while at the same time ensuring a quality experience for the customer regardless of which Amiga licensed hardware he/she decides to buy. |
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