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- From: bogus (Mike Neus)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: C64 CDROM
- Date: 10 Jan 1996 17:27:57 GMT
- Organization: Texas Instruments
- Message-ID: <4d0sut$38c@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com>
- References: <DKDCG7.HB2.0.-s@inmet.camb.inmet.com> <doug.cottton-2912952206430001@s120.the-spa.com> <4c78qf$kl9@gaia.ns.utk.edu> <doug.cotton-0401961533160001@s106.the-spa.com> <4cjsu5$opi@gaia.ns.utk.edu> <doug.cotton-0601960128460001@204.97.227.116>
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- In article <doug.cotton-0601960128460001@204.97.227.116>,
- doug.cotton@the-spa.com says...
-
- >Your C-64 ROM was intended for your C-64. Owning it doesn't give you the
- >right to a copy of its code to use with another product. If someone buys a
- >JiffyDOS drive ROM from us, and they have a dozen drives, by your point of
- >view they should be free to make copies for all their other drives. This
- >isn't the case. Software, in this case in the form of firmware, is sold
- >for use on ONE machine, unless otherwise noted.
-
- Doug, not to put you on the spot or anything, but an interesting question
- just popped into my mind. Your JiffyDOS contains two complete ROMs for stock
- and JiffyDOS modes. In stock mode, the ROM is essentually a C-64 ROM, and in
- JiffyDOS mode some of the code is patched, but the majority is still in tact.
- During Commodore's bankruptsy, who were you paying licence fees/royalties
- too for using original Commodore ROM code? Or is there something about the
- fact that the people you sell the ROM's too already having an original
- Commdore ROM make it leagal without licence or royalty? If so, how do you
- know the buyer has legit ROMs?
-
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