On 04/06/2018 20:39, Jim Brain wrote: >> On June 4, 2018 at 3:10 PM smf <smf@null.net <mailto:smf@null.net>> wrote: >> > >> > >> > JiffyDos isn't a rom overlay though >> >> According to Mark Fellows and the legal docuents I signed, it is... I can't find a write up of the case, but GCC case got sued by atari when they produced a rom hack for super missile command which included the original code in the roms as well as the patched code. Similar to Jiffy Dos being used on 1541s, the super missile attack roms were intended to be used on atari missile command arcade boards. A rom overlay would need to use an original commodore rom, with the original rom and the overlay rom switched at run time. You can't sign an agreement with someone that allows you to violate a 3rd parties copyright, so if CMD didn't have a license to distribute commodores copyright code that they were allowed to transfer to you then you may have a problem. Similarly I can't produce a patch for Windows 10 and then sign an agreement with you that lets you distribute it along with any Microsoft code. Commodore didn't register many of the roms for copyright because legally you don't have to, but if you want to go to court and get damages then it's worth registering. As commodore went to court over the 1541 roms they did register it and that copyright can be seen passing through the many owners of commodore IP and I believe is currently held by Cloanto.Received on 2018-06-04 23:00:04
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