![]() None of the work you've listed further develops AmigaOS 3.x. ![]() ![]() It seems pretty obvious when you pay the people who "own" the amiga OS money they spend most of it suing each other. The comment I was replying to was saying that paying for these things actively supports development of the OS and really it does not. And while Cloanto do hold the IP for the earlier OSes they don't work on developing it, paying for Amiga Forever doesn't support developing the OS. Those OSes remaining closed source actively stymies the community and gets in the way of retro computing and preservation. I don't personally object to paying for new/contemporary work but I do object to paying for the old OSes from a now defunct company. That said, fact is every amiga os from 1.2 to 3.1 was developed by Commodore long ago and neither Hyperion nor Cloanto wrote a single line of code for those. Cloanto's position is that they are happy for Hyperion to continue to develop OS3 but not to charge money for it. Cloanto, who do own/control the IP for OS3, have issued cease and desist letters to prevent Hyperion selling 3.1.x and 3.2. They don't have any legal right to be develop and sell any version of OS3. Very arguable whether paying them money is "supporting development".Īs per the last round of court cases Hyperion were only granted/confirmed to have a licence to develop Amiga OS4 and OS5. ![]() Hyperion, who commissioned and sell 3.1.x and 3.2, apparently didn't pay their devs, so it isn't clear who that money is going to.
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