> If Hyperion has the exclusive right to deliver AmigaOS with hardware...a ROM IS hardware,
> not just media.

Alright, I was just thinking of ROM image files, not physical ROMs. But then, a ROM is just a storage medium, just like a CD or DVD (which also can contain ROM image files).

> we've seen from posts quoting Herman's that indicated he thought his settlement granted
> him use of alternative ISAs.

Yes, and having read the settlement agreement myself, I think he is correct. Problem is that Hyperion doesn't own most of OS4 but the individual, non-paid developers do, who Hyperion likely just got an object code (PPC) license (as opposed to source code license) from.

> is Hyperion's right to create new variants of AmigaOS limited to OS4 and above or is it
> anything beyond OS3.1?

I'm not sure about that, but seeing as Cloanto didn't put anything about Hyperion's OS3.1.x attempts in their "prayer for relief"...