18 October 2009, 00:12 | #1 |
Targ Explorer
|
Hyperion WIN - Control rights to AmigaOS
This has gotta be good news... Anyone but Bill!
http://www.hyperion-entertainment.biz/ Brussels, Belgium – October 17, 2009 Hyperion Entertainment CVBA is pleased to announce that on September 30, 2009, it has reached a comprehensive settlement agreement with Amiga, Inc., Itec LLC and Amino Development Corporation, Inc., to bring all ongoing litigation and worldwide pending procedures between the parties to an end. As part of the settlement agreement, the Amiga Parties acknowledge that Hyperion is the sole owner of AmigaOS 4 without prejudice to any third party rights. Within the framework of the settlement agreement Hyperion is granted an exclusive, perpetual, worldwide right to AmigaOS 3.1 in order to use, develop, modify, commercialize, distribute and market AmigaOS 4.x (and subsequent versions of AmigaOS including without limitation AmigaOS 5) in any form, on any medium and for any current or future hardware platform under the exclusive trademark “AmigaOS” (Amiga operating system) and using other associated trademarks (such as the “BoingBall” logo). Hyperion will continue development and distribution of AmigaOS 4.x (and beyond) as it has done since November of 2001. We wish to thank our loyal customers who have supported us throughout the judicial procedures and especially the AmigaOS 4.x development team for their continued efforts and at the request of whom this official announcement was made. As Hyperion Entertainment’s most ambitious project to date is drawing to a close in collaboration with our partners, we invite our current and prospective customers to watch this space for further updates on Hyperion’s continued efforts to revive the Amiga platform. |
18 October 2009, 01:15 | #2 |
Missile Command Champion
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Germany
Age: 52
Posts: 12,457
|
To revive what? The Amiga platform? Sounds good...or maybe not. Who cares?
|
18 October 2009, 01:18 | #3 |
HOL/FTP busy bee
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Germany
Age: 46
Posts: 31,941
|
Anyway, better than let Amiga Inc have it
|
18 October 2009, 01:37 | #4 |
Targ Explorer
|
Bring back Petro!
|
18 October 2009, 01:39 | #5 |
Ya' like it Retr0?
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 49
Posts: 9,768
|
I wonder if this clears any legalites of Amithalon now?
|
18 October 2009, 01:40 | #6 |
Phone Homer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: 5150
Posts: 5,812
|
Great Fucking! News -
|
18 October 2009, 01:57 | #7 |
Ya' like it Retr0?
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 49
Posts: 9,768
|
well now its thier *boing* ball, I wonder what they are going to do with it...
|
18 October 2009, 05:21 | #8 |
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Melbourne/Australia
Posts: 4,412
|
That's amazing news, never thought it would happen in my life-time.
First IndivisionAGA, then SAM440, Morph on Mac's and now this...are we sure this is Amiga we're talking about? Wonder what this will actually mean. Will the platform get more support, what does it mean for MorphOS and AROS...will it go x86? All these questions and more will be answered on a computer screen near you soon. |
18 October 2009, 08:19 | #9 |
Moon 1969 = amiga 1985
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: belgium
Age: 48
Posts: 3,913
|
really good news !!!!
|
18 October 2009, 09:46 | #10 | |
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Amiga_land
Posts: 443
|
Quote:
Anyway, have they also the rights to the old amiga kickstart roms ?? If so, they should release 'em for free, along with Workbench 3.1 (and 1.3). The Commodore Amiga enthusiasts (like us on EAB), would be happy. |
|
18 October 2009, 10:10 | #11 |
Thalion Webshrine
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Oxford
Posts: 14,460
|
|
18 October 2009, 12:38 | #12 |
. . Mouse . .
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Nowhere
Age: 55
Posts: 1,792
|
|
18 October 2009, 15:35 | #13 |
AmiBay MegaMod
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Manchester, UK
Age: 62
Posts: 1,163
|
The ROMs are an intrinsic part of the OS as I understand it, so ownership of the ROM contents should be with Hyperion. I guess we'll find out in time... maybe 2 more weeks?
|
18 October 2009, 18:12 | #14 |
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Swedun'
Posts: 397
|
So one single company now own ALL of Amiga?? That IS excellent news!!
No more of this fractured crap, one single united brand. I certainly hope they have some kind of plans and ideas for what to do with the brand. |
18 October 2009, 18:48 | #15 |
Targ Explorer
|
Hmmm not sure about one company... Seems there was a deal struck between A.Inc and Hyperion. I think they are now partners of some sort...
|
18 October 2009, 18:59 | #16 |
HOL/FTP busy bee
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Germany
Age: 46
Posts: 31,941
|
|
18 October 2009, 19:09 | #17 |
Thalion Webshrine
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Oxford
Posts: 14,460
|
|
18 October 2009, 20:33 | #18 | |
Registered User
|
Quote:
The first thing to note is that Amiga OS 4.X ***IS*** the Amiga OS, not a clone. MorphOS, Aros etc. are clones. Amiga OS 4.X is based on the original Amiga OS kernel. When Steve mentioned that we should expect a big announcement by the end of the year, many started to ask if this was possibly eluding to X86 (intel) development which was answered with "We will have an exciting announcement by the end of the year." Take from that what you will, but like many of you, I know I am not buying an expensive PowerPC system to put the latest Amiga OS on it. If I could put it on a spare intel machine, I might consider it. I think the math is there, and hopefully the next true Amiga OS will not be legacy / specialty hardware dependent. So, why would a for profit business give away their stuff for free? I wouldn't, and I don't think you are going to see classic operating systems and ROMs being given away. Also, don't expect any sort of open source initiative with the Amiga OS. It was also surprising to hear how many question, directed at a Hyperion rep, were actually about Morphos, or Amiga Inc. Clearly the Amiga community is still confused as to who owns what, what operating system is what, who works where, etc. |
|
18 October 2009, 20:35 | #19 |
Registered User
|
Hyperion own outright the Amiga OS. They are not leasing it, not allowed to use it, they own it. Yes there are still several other things tangled up in the who owns what web, but the OS itself is not one of them anymore.
|
18 October 2009, 20:50 | #20 | |
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Amiga_land
Posts: 443
|
Quote:
Those people at hyperion did NOT write workbench 3.1; so its NOT their stuff. Of course, they won't give it for free, as they try to suck money in all possible manners from a bunch of Commodore Amiga enthusiasts, but thats what speculators do. |
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Who owns which rights? Amiga Inc/Commodore Inc/Cloanto/Hyperion? | 1988 | Amiga scene | 49 | 25 December 2022 05:36 |
Problems when running WinUAE without Admin rights | Zed | support.WinUAE | 9 | 08 February 2010 09:14 |
Who Owns The Rights To The Amiga? | GoldenHeart | Amiga scene | 61 | 09 April 2009 12:04 |
Changing User Rights for MaxUAE | Fingerlickin_B | support.OtherUAE | 0 | 26 May 2008 15:37 |
|
|