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Is it illegal to distribute Amithlon?
« on: April 18, 2007, 07:26:47 PM »
I didnt get it to boot up on my PC..I think it was hardware related..I think.. I havent tried w/my new PC (selling it actually and building another one)... so if I copy it and send the ISO to someone...is it illegal or is that piece of kit freeware already?
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Re: Is it illegal to distribute Amithlon?
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2007, 07:33:34 PM »
Well, I haven't seen any mention of it becoming freeware, and frankly, considering the sour relationship between the authors, I doubt it could ever become that.

Also, didn't Amithlon include (parts of) AmigaOS too? If so, that'd make it quite difficult to make the whole freeware...
 

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Re: Is it illegal to distribute Amithlon?
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2007, 07:52:06 PM »
Why don;t you just post the boxed copy to the other person?

That would be legal in most countries.
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Re: Is it illegal to distribute Amithlon?
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2007, 07:53:30 PM »
If you don't intend to use it again I'd suggest mailing the disc(s) and avoiding any ambiguity.

If you want to share it, no... Of course that's not legal.
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Re: Is it illegal to distribute Amithlon?
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2007, 08:00:40 PM »
You are you're own master! No one owns you! :)
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Re: Is it illegal to distribute Amithlon?
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2007, 08:01:02 PM »
is it worth keeping around?  or is E-UAE/UAE a better emulator?

Any one of you booting into Amithlon on a regular basis?
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Re: Is it illegal to distribute Amithlon?
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2007, 08:03:20 PM »
as long its not a product still for sale and you dont earn money on the distribut, then i see no problem with it and who cares anyway....
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Re: Is it illegal to distribute Amithlon?
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2007, 08:04:37 PM »
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true.  I've got copies of alot of stuff from my Amiga days.  I'm not an angel by any means.   I was just wondering if it was worth keeping, meaning am I just getting rid of something I could use later?  
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Re: Is it illegal to distribute Amithlon?
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2007, 08:07:58 PM »
It would be illegal to make copies of it since it includes AmigaOS 3.x. #?UAE is a better emulation as it emulates the custom chips (Amithlon doesn't, which is one of the reasons why it is so fast).

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Re: Is it illegal to distribute Amithlon?
« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2007, 08:08:19 PM »
Bernd Meyer said that at least where his credits are due has no problem, for the rest of the software, it's not really up to him...


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Re: Is it illegal to distribute Amithlon?
« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2007, 08:10:51 PM »
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It would be illegal to make copies of it since it includes AmigaOS 3.x. #?UAE is a better emulation as it emulates the custom chips (Amithlon doesn't, which is one of the reasons why it is so fast).


ok, so I'm not missing anything.  Its as good as gone.  thanks!
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Re: Is it illegal to distribute Amithlon?
« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2007, 11:26:21 PM »
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It would be illegal to make copies of it since it includes AmigaOS 3.x. #?UAE is a better emulation as it emulates the custom chips (Amithlon doesn't, which is one of the reasons why it is so fast).


ok, so I'm not missing anything.  Its as good as gone.  thanks!


WTF!?!?!?

Amithlon is amazing.  Much better than UAE for running anything that doesn't bang the hardware.  It has it's own UAE too. :-)
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Re: Is it illegal to distribute Amithlon?
« Reply #12 on: April 18, 2007, 11:41:23 PM »
it is totaly worth keeping around, and I do think they update the drives still!  I lie ti better than uae for sure... but its differnt
 

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Re: Is it illegal to distribute Amithlon?
« Reply #13 on: April 18, 2007, 11:55:37 PM »
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it is totaly worth keeping around, and I do think they update the drives still!


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Re: Is it illegal to distribute Amithlon?
« Reply #14 on: April 19, 2007, 12:27:50 AM »
if you copy it and send it to somebody else... that makes you a hero!  

esp if you are not using it!!!