[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 30 of 280 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Bladerunner on 06-Jun-2002 07:35 GMT | In reply to Comment 13 (Ben Hermans/Hyperion): Mr Hermans, may I ask you a question?
Your Point for strict licensing is piracy.Ok, i can understand this, but..
Do you realy think that if someone wants to run AOS on a non licensed POP Board,
He isn`t able to do that? Or do you believe that Hyperion is able to do the supperdupperhyper Protection code?
(I am not daubting on Hyperions abilities,but you know, release a protection system today, it`ll be cracked tomorrow)
Beside the animousities between Bplan and Hyperion, there is another Pop Board Producer which made a clear statment:
" If I can make AOS4 run on this, I'll contribute my sources/drivers, if not, well, one board is better than none, eh? Barbie will NOT be licensing AOS, we don't deal with software companies, it's not our job to chase down OS developers"
you see? There are other interesting boards on the way now, but stucking on one board is not that good IMHO,
and as AI often said they are a Software, not a Hardware company , I am a bit confused about that.
And if piracy is the Problem, wouldn`t it better to make something like an external dongle (usb perhaps)
to protect the system? So it will be easier to get AOS 4 running on more Plattforms, and Hyperion will sell more copies of OS 4.0
One thing at least (It seems quit needfull these days ;-)
Yes I am a Pegasos/Mos fan, No this has nothing to do with flaming, it is a serious question, as i made my own thoughts about this, and i really cannot understand this policy. BTW sorry fot the bad english ;-) |
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