[Files] Amiga Exec 1.2 disassembled and commented | ANN.lu |
Posted on 22-Jul-2003 23:24 GMT by Hagge | 56 comments View flat View list |
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Amiga Exec 1.2 disassembled and commented : Comment 37 of 56 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Bill Hoggett on 23-Jul-2003 15:05 GMT | In reply to Comment 34 (Don Cox): @Don Cox
> That doesn't directly make the code open, but it could be argued that as
> Commodore did not suppress the book, they have not protected their copyright.
Not necessarily. Letting people SEE the code is not the same as letting people USE it. The accusation I heard Amiga Inc make against MorphOS was that they used code directly lifted from Amiga sources. If they really had proof of this one might believe they had a valid case, but AFAIK no one outside Amiga Inc or the MorphOS team has seen the code in question, so the authenticity of the claim must be in some doubt.
Having said that, Amiga Inc HAVE allowed their IP to be redistributed without taking any action against the perpetrators, so it would be interesting to see how they explain that precedent in any future action they may wish to take regarding copyright infringement of that same IP. |
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