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wXR · 14 October 2016, 06:40

This doesn't benefit 68K users either. Given the current conditions and limitations, you are probably better off with those so-called unofficial patches that have been honed and tested for years.

I don't want to slag off Hyperion, because in my heart I respect anyone who puts hurculean efforts into passion projects like this. But a proprietary IP model is completely the wrong application here. As far as I'm concerned, that was proven by AmigaOS 4, which would also be far better off as a permissively licensed, open-source project. Imagine the bridges that could have been built between so-called classic users, and the PPC world, if it had all been open! The result instead, are divisions, and increasingly diminishing returns.

14 October 2016, 06:40	#30
wXR Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New York Posts: 552	This doesn't benefit 68K users either. Given the current conditions and limitations, you are probably better off with those so-called unofficial patches that have been honed and tested for years. I don't want to slag off Hyperion, because in my heart I respect anyone who puts hurculean efforts into passion projects like this. But a proprietary IP model is completely the wrong application here. As far as I'm concerned, that was proven by AmigaOS 4, which would also be far better off as a permissively licensed, open-source project. Imagine the bridges that could have been built between so-called classic users, and the PPC world, if it had all been open! The result instead, are divisions, and increasingly diminishing returns. Last edited by wXR; 14 October 2016 at 06:45.