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Re: Apple Roms
Psycho Bob (honge@creighton.edu) wrote:
: > The problem is that it would be difficult to market such a product when all
: > of your time would be spent in court. Apple would take you apart and
: > rightly so because such a product would be illegal without a license from
: > Apple.
: How about doing it like some companies have done on the Amiga -- Ardi
: would build everything and sell the pack -- without the ROMS. The user
: (end consumer, buyer, etc.) has somehow get the Apple ROMS.
: It should give less headache on the compatibility issue.
You miss the point. It has nothing to do with legally owning the ROMS. The
problem is that the product would be a "derivative work" based on material
that is copyrighted by Apple. The fact that a user would be required to use
the Apple ROMS would would make it an open and shut case.
This is similar to the problems with the early PC clone BIOS chips, which
were created by reverse engineering the IBM ROMS. Clones only became legal
when "non-infringing" BIOS, based on clean-room development, became
available.
Believe me, ARDI knows what it is doing.
--
Brian E.W. Wood
beww@intac.com
"Would you put your money in a bank which used Windows '95 to manage accounts?"
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