Re: "Commodore" brand

From: groepaz_at_gmx.net
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 16:15:48 +0100
Message-ID: <2601337.DJkKcVGEfx_at_rakete>
Am Dienstag, 3. März 2020, 11:03:07 CET schrieb smf:
> On 02/03/2020 22:31, groepaz_at_gmx.net wrote:
> > at this point someone could pull jim drew into the discussion, please >_<
> 
> The digital license of JiffyDOS especially is an issue, because the
> Oceanic court case was clear that the 15?1 code included in the JiffyDOS
> ROM was only licensed for people who had bought a commodore 15?1 disk drive.
> 
> If found to be infringing then the drive roms were registered in the US
> prior, so damages and costs could be awarded. So I hope that Jim has had
> discussions with them and been given permission.
> 
> I would be interested in seeing an actual contract from commodore giving
> permission that explicitly said it was transferrable as that could also
> affect real drives too.
> 
> It was probably done on a nod and a handshake though, which wouldn't
> generally be transferable. It would be a defence if you personally got
> sued, but you can't really sell that.
> 
> I kinda suspect cloanto has better things to do catching low hanging fruit.

you mixed up the jims :)

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