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- From: ELA95CSH@shef.ac.uk (Chris)
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- Subject: Re: v1.3 ROM copying illegal? (was Re: kickstart 512k rom image (copy wanted))
- Date: 23 Feb 1996 15:59:27 GMT
- Organization: Electrical Eng, University of Sheffield , UK
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- References: <312914DE.27BE@cs.duke.edu> <4ge9lm$67k@daily-planet.execpc.com> <4gf610$9cl@bignews.shef.ac.uk> <4gg9dk$r3j@serpens.rhein.de> <4ghpkv$600@bignews.shef.ac.uk> <4gkgj0$1v3@thetimes.pixel.kodak.com>
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- In article <4gkgj0$1v3@thetimes.pixel.kodak.com>, hanway@ekfido.kodak.com
- says...
-
- >: Are you sure? I remember (vaguley) reading in Amiga Format or CU Amiga,
- AGES
- >: AGO, that using the 1.3 ROM for degrading (or something) was ok - it might
- >: have been Commodore UK who originally said so?
-
- >I would like to hear of a more concrete reference than this. Bear in
-
-
- Hello? I was ASKING whether I was correct or not! I also would like to know
- for sure.
-
-
- >mind that what's printed in a magazine is not always correct. Also,
- >Commodore UK probably didn't hold the copyright in the first place,
- >so even if they said something like this, it may not have been approved at
- >the proper level.
- >
- >I've had a dealer tell me that 2.1 was public domain, and he swore that's
- >what his Commodore sales rep told him, so you can't even believe everything
- >attributed to Commodore unless it's confirmed at a high enough level.
-
- You are certainly right in that respect - although a magazine SHOULD bet
- certain what it gets told is true, before telling xx,000 readers it...
-
- BTW: CU Amiga put the 1.3 ROM (with ReloKick s/w) on their coverdisk a LONG
- time ago. I believe that they answered queries as to the legalness of it,
- although I can`t remember what they said.
-
- Possibly they said they had special permission from Commodore (UK?) do be able
- to do so? That may be what I miss-remembered!
-
- --
- From Christopher Handley
- Email: ela95csh@sheffield.ac.uk
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