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So, again; show me exactly where there are Amiga OS files / Kickstart ROMs and commercial programs / games still for sale on the "EAB File Server" for download? |
If the game is not for sale anymore does it mean it is freely distributable then?
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Here is my take on this, and it is my own personal opinion. Vampire team should NOT distribute coffin OS with commercial or abandoned software on it alongside a product it charges for. They should complete the vampire by using their own software, or providing enough guidance for user to do so themselves. If I were to buy a GFX card for my PC I don't expect to get almost every game, and a shed load of commerical, still sold software for free. I don't expect to get Windows for free. I expect to be able to plug the GFX card into the pc, install the drivers and away I go. This is what the vampire team should do. They should NOT distribute any software unless they have the relevant permission to do so. Whether it is abandonware or not is irrelevant because they are selling a commercial product. The issue I see with this entire thread is users are blurring the lines. The EAB ftp does not charge anything, and does not provide software that it shouldn't (kickstart/wb etc etc) and if there is something then the owner/publisher/distributer or whoever needs to message any moderator and it will be removed! Now the EAB side of this.. I don't give a rats ass on the opinion of any member of this or any other forum/group on the planet. If a discussion might hurt the EAB legally, it wont happen, If a shared file might hurt the EAB legally it will not be shared here and so-on.. Anyone who has an opinion with this can ask for their account to be deleted.. It is that simple! Anyone has any issues with this then please feel free to PM me where I will reiterate the above points, and then tell you where to go.. It is not debatable, and anyone who thinks it is morally okay to give away a 32gb distribution, with a commercial product that contains software that is still sold and commercial.. Well you need to go take a long hard look in the mirror. I also invite ANY member of the Apollo/Vampire team to contact me directly to give an explanation as to exactly what they are giving away with their cards, and whether it is deemed okay. They will deal with me, and I am completely objective because I don't fully understand everything that has happened and I cannot form an opinion other than what I have put here. So Vampire team, let's chat |
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You are blurring the lines and you know it. This isn't the issue is it.... ? Edit: Trying to discredit the EAB does not make it okay, so you can pack that shit up! To distribute a 32Gb image which in all honesty they are charging for is not necessarily okay, especially when there are kickstart images, workbench installs and commercial software included... no, no, no. THey can quite easily create a package that they can distribute where the user provides their own WB adf's and it then builds the install! |
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No, but who cares when it can not even be bought. Music and music videos you watch for free on youtube. There are some commercials showing up but I doubt Black Sabbath get anything from someone uploaded a concert from 1970. To me it should be ok to download software that is not possible to buy. Earning money on them is not right. In that sense Coffin OS is wrong. |
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It's really not much different to a site providing a free download to 3.9, and I don't see those websites copping a bashing on here even though quite a few of them exist. |
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Let's be completely honest here.. How difficult would it be for them to provide the coffin OS without the commercial stuff? How difficult would it be to follow in the footsteps of ClassicWB and just have a scripted install that asks the user to point to the required files etc?? I know for an absolute FACT that there would be users and members of the vampire world who would happily do this for them, free of charge.. All they have to do is ask the community... For me the problem with the Amiga community is simple: Just about everyone wants everything doing for them, for free and the bigger the better.... I'll say it again.. all the vampire team NEEDS to supply is any drivers and instruction on how to get their cards working. They don't need to provide anything else, nor should they! Just because 50% of the Amiga world respects them does not give them permission or the right to flout and sidestep around things. I am sure they would do whatever they can to protect THEIR intellectual property, so they should respect others' |
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This is the problem though isn't it. There are ways for them to provide this, in a way that is respectful to the owners, without stepping on any toes. Problem is you, and other members just think you have the "Right" to have anything you want because it is not sold, or maintained, etc.. Someone mentioned there not being an uproar if win98 was distributed.. (Sorry I cannot find it, but maybe it was hewitson) I can absolutely 100% guarantee you right now, if NVidia distributed free copies of old windows distributions with their gfx cards, without Microsoft's permission, they will be hunted by Microsoft's lawyers.. Apollo team, please understand I am not accusing you of anything. I have not seen this distribution. I am happy to discuss with you in private as I have previously mentioned! |
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So some of you guys say that the Apollo team don't like / support CoffinOS...
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If this is the case then I apologise as I did misunderstand. Whether it is sold or not is irrelevant though because they are a legitimate business, selling products, and really shouldn't be involved with the distribution of software they don't have the right or approval to distribute, abandoned or not! |
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I wonder if anyone has contacted Haage & Partner so that they are made fully aware of this situation, and can get their legal team onto this? |
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I'd imagine numerous people already have. |
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