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Posts: 874 from 2007/4/9
From: Kingston upon ...
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Jim wrote:
>So I guess it was him who he gave the 2006 MUI4 source code to them and there was nothing illegal in developing the derivative per se, opposed to what some claim in this thread.
So, in the end it would appear that the only real impropriety is the numbering scheme AND the borrowing of code.
Which takes us back to the question of why they would want MUI compatibility (specially MUI4 compatibility) and that is obviously to run software written for MorphOS.
MUI4 was a prerequisite for an easy Odyssey port to AmigaOS, the same for Fab's MPlayer. I personally don't see the problem with MUI on OS4.1 per se, but the initial 'no keyfile required' release and subsequent documentation copying fiasco suggests a lack of diligence and/or respect for licensing by the MUI developers, sadly.
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