| [News] AmigaOS 4.0 to include Python? | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 24-Nov-2002 20:36 GMT by Bill Hoggett | 94 comments
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According to Irmen de Jong, the AmigaPython website maintainer, the Python programming language may be included as standard with AmigaOS 4.0.
From the AmigaPython site:
UPDATE november 2002: from very reliable sources I know that AmigaPython might become part of the new Amiga OS 4.0 ! What AREXX was for AmigaDOS 2.x and 3.x, AmigaPython might be for the next generation of Amiga OS (and much more powerful of course)
Further information about Python is available at the Python Home Page.
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| Posted by Bill Hoggett on 25-Nov-2002 20:40 GMT | In reply to Comment 71 (Christophe Decanini):
> Well, I don't think either Ben or AmigaInc will say that they do not have
> the right to distribute it as it is obvious they did it before without
> paying attention to the AREXX guy that did not get any royalties.
You're jumping to conclusions. What makes you think that the license was royalty based?
> For the contract to stand, the amount of money stipuled into it (if any)
> should have been payed way back. Now if the Arexx author does not care
> about arexx being freely distributed ...
That's not how it works. If the alleged non-payment of money is fact and constitutes a breach of contract, then that gave Bill Hawes the right to terminate Commodore's contract. If the contract was royalty based, then yes, he would still be able to terminate the contract with the current holders.
However, if the contract was based on a one-off payment, then Bill Hawes' ability to terminate the contract will have expired at some point (statutory limits) prior to Commodore's demise. Certainly none of the companies that followed Commodore (Elbox, Gateway, Amiga Inc.) would have had any obligation towards Mr Hawes.
> What if Thendic decide to include it now ? Maybe they can even pay the
> Arexx author if he is still alive :)
I daresay Bill Hawes is still alive, but I don't see the relevance of discussing Thendic here.
> A few years ago when there was an effort to have AmigaOS opensource the
> answer was that it was a legal nightmare as parts of the AmigaOS where
> third parties. I wonder how much code is still in this situation. Hopefully
> not a lot.
That only means that they have a license to distribute the binary, and nothing else. Therefore they would not have been able to release the ARexx source code anyway. As for the rest of the proprietary stuff that was licensed rather than owned, most of it was probably replaceable. |
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