[News] AmigaOS 4.0 Developer Pre-release goes gold | ANN.lu |
Posted on 16-Apr-2004 20:09 GMT by Mikey C | 283 comments View flat View list |
Leuven, Belgium - April 16, 2004. Hyperion Entertainment and the Amiga OS 4.0 development team are extremely pleased and relieved to announce that after nearly 30 months of painstaking development the Amiga OS 4.0 Developer Pre-release has gone gold and will be sent to the duplication plant on Monday, April 19, 2004.
Full details on Amigaworld.net
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AmigaOS 4.0 Developer Pre-release goes gold : Comment 194 of 283 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Hans-Joerg Frieden on 17-Apr-2004 18:08 GMT | In reply to Comment 161 (Bill Hoggett): > In my view Hyperion are walking a tightrope on the edge of GPL abuse. They use
> the GPL to get access to free code which they they bundle with commercial
> products, but they make it as awkward, as expensive and as complicated as
> possible for people to obtain the source code to material they release
> under the GPL.
Sorry, but you are talking bullocks. IIRC, someone raised this "issue" with the FSF in the Quake 2 case and presented here on ANN a reply by the FSF that backed up our position.
> I treat thair claim of "people aren't interested", "we need to clean up the
> code" and "we want to prioritise the release on the product" as complete BS.
Can't you post a comment without insults?
a) Most people aren't interested. Would you deny this? Most just want to use the compiler and debugger.
b) The code does not compile because system headers changed. To distribute the code I would like to bring it in compilable form, because it would otherwise be useless.
c) Wheren't you one that said such things like "going gold does mean nothing"? It certainly doesn't mean that the CD is being distributed, and that means that I don't have to provide the source code now.
Finally, we are not abusing the GPL. We will be in full compliance. Our reasons for going this way or that way is ours to decide.
> Hyperion want to leech code from the GPL community and authors, but do not
> want anyone to "leech" any derivative code back
See above for the link to the Quake 2 source code. See www.sf.net for our modifications to U-Boot. See www.sf.net for our modifications to the Linux kernel. I find your comment to be extremely stupid and offensive.
> I will certainly never buy a Hyperion product again until they change their
> attitude with regard to the GPL
What attitude towards the GPL are you talking about? Name me one single case where we are not in compliance with the GPL.
> Either they make GPL code free AND easily accessible (which is many times
> cheaper, even for Hyperion, than burning version specific CDs on demand), or
> they stop using GPL code altogether and buy themselves a commercial license.
There is absolutely NOTHING in the GPL that speaks about "easily accessible". We DO make the source code available on request. There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG with this. For starters, if you re-read my postings, I have stated that the gcc 3.4.0 changes will go back into the baseline source code of GCC. How does that fit into your twisted picture?
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