>Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 19:07:19 +0000 (GMT) >From: Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Sam Users Mailing List <sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no> >Subject: SamDOS copyright. >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Who owns the SamDOS copyright, and is there permission to freely >distribute it? > >Given that in the "good old days" anyone you gave a disk to would have >samdos, then it never realluy bothered me. But given SimCoupe, and that >the people who use disk images may never have bought a sam drive, and >therefore don't actually have a master copy of samdos, is this now a >problem. > >Should all the images be removed off nvg? Or at least altered to use QDos? > >Could andy wright be persuded to allow free distribution of masterdos? > >Just a few thoughts..... > > Tim (who is putting QDOS on his forthcoming disk image)
Ummm.. Tim... QDOS is actually SAMDOS 2.2 with a front-end added onto it which cleans up your system and tells you what hardware you have. That's all - so it's the same copyright issue. However, disks have been sold with SAMDOS on them since time began, so I personally wouldn't worry about it one iota. Si ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
