So long and thanks for all the fish. - comp.sys.acorn.misc

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Theo Markettos

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More options 19 Mar 2007, 23:48

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From: Theo Markettos <theom+n...@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

Date: 19 Mar 2007 23:48:36 +0000 (GMT)

Local: Mon 19 Mar 2007 23:48

Subject: Re: So long and thanks for all the fish.

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Ray Dawson <r...@magray.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Stuart <SW_NOS...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

>> I am surprised, Rob, that someone like yourself has no understanding of
>> the complexity of an operating system and the need to ensure that you
>> /only/ release bits of it that really are your own property.

> But isn't this an admission that RISC OS is now two separate OSs and that
> they are not guaranteed, or likely to be, compatible?

It's not really that, AFAICS. Off the top of my head, let's think of who
might have interests/copyrights in bits of the RISC OS code:

Acorn, ANT, Codemist, Univ. Berkeley, Olivetti/ARC, ARM, RISC OS Ltd, Pace,
Castle, ESP.

And there are probably loads more I can't think of. Teasing out that lot,
who owns which code and which bits are licensed under what conditions are
going to be tricky if little evidence remains. And something you're going
to have to do, because it isn't going to be pretty if (say) ANT were to turn
round and sue for releasing something publically that wasn't allowed.

Theo

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