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[dammy]

Originally Posted by persia

The only way to purchase Amiga ROMs legally is to buy Amiga Forever....

Or donate more money to the kickstart replacement bounty. It needs more loving so a significant developer will pick up the bounty and get it completed on time. I would be very happy if the last lines are casted off of that Flying Dutchman, AI.

[Golem!dk]

Originally Posted by dammy

Or donate more money to the kickstart replacement bounty. It needs more loving so a significant developer will pick up the bounty and get it completed on time.

That would of course not actually give you any Amiga ROMs.

[dreamcast270mhz]

Originally Posted by tone007

You can probably count out most non-North American buyers, which is probably the majority of Amiga.org. Shipping would be more than you're asking for the machines, literally. Even members across the country would be looking at shipping costs higher than they could locally obtain a low-end machine for.

I'll find a way. I just noticed, your a virginian too.

[Wayne]

Originally Posted by dreamcast270mhz

I'm interested to know, genuinely, why is it illegal for me to equip an aging machine with an old OS that nobody, including its copyright holder, seems to care less about?

The simple point is that while the thought of producing something for the community is admirable, copyright is still copyright, and trying to sell it, bundle it, or distribute it in any way without proper license is, in fact, software piracy, hence illegal, and not really open for discussion here.

While I do tend to agree that software piracy on the Amiga -- AT THIS POINT -- is rather moot, the legalities behind using this site to promote or coordinate such activities is pretty cut and dry.

Again, I thank you for the initiative and the idea, and if you could get the authors of Amithlon and AmigaOS on board, we'll be all behind you 100%. Until then, this simply isn't the place for such discussion.

Wayne Hunt
Webmaster Emeritus, Amiga.org