Re: Superdrive 2000?

From: smf <smf_at_null.net>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 21:24:57 +0100
Message-ID: <379be93f-b9a2-b189-2888-a24acd125d5a@null.net>
On 04/06/2018 20:39, Jim Brain wrote:
>> On June 4, 2018 at 3:10 PM smf <smf@null.net <mailto:smf@null.net>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > JiffyDos isn't a rom overlay though
>>
>> According to Mark Fellows and the legal docuents I signed, it is...

I can't find a write up of the case, but GCC case got sued by atari when 
they produced a rom hack for super missile command which included the 
original code in the roms as well as the patched code. Similar to Jiffy 
Dos being used on 1541s, the super missile attack roms were intended to 
be used on atari missile command arcade boards.

A rom overlay would need to use an original commodore rom, with the 
original rom and the overlay rom switched at run time. You can't sign an 
agreement with someone that allows you to violate a 3rd parties 
copyright, so if CMD didn't have a license to distribute commodores 
copyright code that they were allowed to transfer to you then you may 
have a problem. Similarly I can't produce a patch for Windows 10 and 
then sign an agreement with you that lets you distribute it along with 
any Microsoft code.

Commodore didn't register many of the roms for copyright because legally 
you don't have to, but if you want to go to court and get damages then 
it's worth registering. As commodore went to court over the 1541 roms 
they did register it and that copyright can be seen passing through the 
many owners of commodore IP and I believe is currently held by Cloanto.
Received on 2018-06-04 23:00:04

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