What if DCE donated Amiga Hardware Schematics? - Page 3

Yoto · 22 February 2009, 02:18

@ alexh

Quote:

"Oi you! DCE! Stop your messin' around and give us all 'ur Amiga stuff or we'll break your legs!"

The way they "run" that company, they probably would never miss them!

Bamiga2002 · 26 January 2012, 18:16

Anything turned out of this? Curious...

Akiko · 13 May 2012, 23:06

@Bamiga2002

I'd say probably not, some of the comments in this thread made me chuckle

14 May 2012, 19:45

If people are really serious about this (there are others trying to get the Appolo designs from Jens), they would best be served by setting up a non-profit run on donations that could raise money to buy the rights, schematics etc.

This would also go a long ways in showing these individuals that the community is serious about saving the Amiga. And when one company/individual donated/sold their IP I think other companies/individuals would be more likely to do the same.

Anyone know a good lawyer who would help set this up? I think the people running it would have to be elected/appointed by the community some how.

Personally I would love to see this stuff become available to the Amiga community.

Just my 2₵.

Bamiga2002 · 14 May 2012, 20:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craig

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Anyone know a good lawyer who would help set this up? I think the people running it would have to be elected/appointed by the community some how.

Franko?

14 May 2012, 22:39

I was thinking more about this. A couple things that would be important for me to back:

1. All designs would be available to the community for FREE.
2. If the organization decided to have some boards and such made, they would be offered to the community for cost + shipping.
3. All work done by any member on these projects would have to be FREE. For example A person converts old iff PCB layout into portable PCB format that is used today (aka Gerber).

There are already some works out there that I would bet the owner(s) would be willing to grant some rights to:

http://aminet.net/package/docs/hard/2megagnus50d4
http://aminet.net/package/docs/hard/romswitcher31

I am sure there are more out there too.

Jens could also possibly donate/sell old unsupported IP (docs/schematics/code/rights) to this organization.

Anyone game?

How about this for a name: Open Amiga Foundation

The more I think about this, the more I like it!

stachu100 · 15 May 2012, 13:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craig

The more I think about this, the more I like it!

I will come back to this thread somewhere around 2018 to see if you still like it. ;-)

gunatm · 15 May 2012, 15:04

Jens will never give the apollo designs to the community. He was never pleased with them. He said so in the past.

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26 January 2012, 18:16	#42
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	Anything turned out of this? Curious...

13 May 2012, 23:06	#43
Akiko Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: UK Posts: 249	@Bamiga2002 I'd say probably not, some of the comments in this thread made me chuckle

14 May 2012, 19:45	#44
Craig Posts: n/a	If people are really serious about this (there are others trying to get the Appolo designs from Jens), they would best be served by setting up a non-profit run on donations that could raise money to buy the rights, schematics etc. This would also go a long ways in showing these individuals that the community is serious about saving the Amiga. And when one company/individual donated/sold their IP I think other companies/individuals would be more likely to do the same. Anyone know a good lawyer who would help set this up? I think the people running it would have to be elected/appointed by the community some how. Personally I would love to see this stuff become available to the Amiga community. Just my 2₵.

14 May 2012, 22:39	#46
Craig Posts: n/a	I was thinking more about this. A couple things that would be important for me to back: 1. All designs would be available to the community for FREE. 2. If the organization decided to have some boards and such made, they would be offered to the community for cost + shipping. 3. All work done by any member on these projects would have to be FREE. For example A person converts old iff PCB layout into portable PCB format that is used today (aka Gerber). There are already some works out there that I would bet the owner(s) would be willing to grant some rights to: http://aminet.net/package/docs/hard/2megagnus50d4 http://aminet.net/package/docs/hard/romswitcher31 I am sure there are more out there too. Jens could also possibly donate/sell old unsupported IP (docs/schematics/code/rights) to this organization. Anyone game? How about this for a name: Open Amiga Foundation The more I think about this, the more I like it!

15 May 2012, 15:04	#48
gunatm Retronerd Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Hamburg (Germany) Age: 49 Posts: 86	Jens will never give the apollo designs to the community. He was never pleased with them. He said so in the past.

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