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- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 94 10:04 BST-1
- From: Darryl Piper <drpiper@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Subject: Re: MiNT Copyright (was: MiNT 1.11 ? are we ready for it now ?)
- To: mint@atari.archive.umich.edu
- Message-Id: <memo.967348@cix.compulink.co.uk>
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- In-Reply-To: <9404252040.AA02008@irs.inf.tu-dresden.de>
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- >My interpretation of the copying conditions is that nobody is allowed
- >to distribute modified versions of MiNT 1.10 except Atari Corp. or
- >somebody with a license from Atari Corp. To distribute your own version
- >of MiNT you'd have to go back to 0.95 (which was freely redistributable,
- >even in modified form, given that a few conditions were met (e.g., don't call
- >it "MiNT")) and apply the patches that have been posted to this list.
- >
- >I regard this restriction a serious loss. MiNT is not the free operating
- >system it once was.
-
- I thought MiNT not the multitos version of it, belonged to Eric ? so he
- surely has the say on this..... provided he removes the multitos code
- supplied by Atari or whilst working in Atari time.
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- >Anyone from Atari listening? Would it be possible to lift these restictions
- >a bit?
-
- yeah, like maybe its time to copy Acorn and release code probably destined
- to never be finished into the public domain.
-
- Bye now,
-
- Darryl
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