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From: bro@titan.rice.edu (Douglas Monk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Shareware MAC
Summary: PD MAC-alike ROMS are a good idea
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Date: 4 Dec 89 22:44:31 GMT
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The suggestion was made that instead of using a cartridge, code that works
like the MAC ROMs but doesn't violate Apple's copyright could be used. This
is a great idea. No one has done it yet, which is one of the reasons why no
Apple clones (other than STs :-) exist yet.

It is a technical difficulty, or a legal one? How does Phoenix et al. get
away with IBM clone ROMs? Licensing? Work-alike?

Doug Monk

Disclaimer: These views are mine, not necessarily my organization's.