Am Dienstag, 3. März 2020, 11:03:07 CET schrieb smf: > On 02/03/2020 22:31, groepaz_at_gmx.net wrote: > > at this point someone could pull jim drew into the discussion, please >_< > > The digital license of JiffyDOS especially is an issue, because the > Oceanic court case was clear that the 15?1 code included in the JiffyDOS > ROM was only licensed for people who had bought a commodore 15?1 disk drive. > > If found to be infringing then the drive roms were registered in the US > prior, so damages and costs could be awarded. So I hope that Jim has had > discussions with them and been given permission. > > I would be interested in seeing an actual contract from commodore giving > permission that explicitly said it was transferrable as that could also > affect real drives too. > > It was probably done on a nod and a handshake though, which wouldn't > generally be transferable. It would be a defence if you personally got > sued, but you can't really sell that. > > I kinda suspect cloanto has better things to do catching low hanging fruit. you mixed up the jims :) -- http://hitmen.eu http://ar.pokefinder.org http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net http://magicdisk.untergrund.net Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. "Yes" is the answer.Received on 2020-05-30 01:16:08
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