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From: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Help converting Kick2.0 for A2000
Keywords: wait just a minute here
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Date: 19 Apr 91 14:26:50 GMT
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In article <14678@darkstar.ucsc.edu> joshin@ucscf.UCSC.EDU (98896000) writes:
>Wait just a minute here.  Weren't the roms supposed to have been released a few
>months ago?  And now they are being pushed back to June.  Now I don't have a
>beta copy of 2.0 but I would love one.  I can't afford to become classified as
>a developer but I would still love to have 2.0.  Now since they are not out I
>can't get them legally.  But if I did have one I would still buy the roms.  I 
>have a question now, if I did "pirate" 2.0 on disk and then bought the roms
>when they became available would that still be pirating?  And if it is 
>considered pirating wouldn't I be supporting C= when the roms came out and I buy
>them?  

Well, piracy is piracy.  Possessing an illegal copy of something is piracy.
If nothing else, any developer giving out pirate copies of the 2.0 release
disks is in direct violation of his/her agreement with C=.

Now some might say that it falls into the area of trying out the software
before buying it.  (BTW, I'd like to see that established in better way than
having to obtain a pirate copy or _hope_ there's a rental place that has it --
something that is unlikely in the Amiga market.)  However, these are beta
releases, and by no means should anyone have them except the people that C=
gives them to.

>P.S.  I do not believe in piracy!  I do however want to play with 2.0!!!

Hmmm...  The best thing I can suggest is to spend some time at a local
dealership (if that is possible) and play with a 3000.  You're going to want
to upgrade, I can tell you that.  There's already a decent amount of PD
software that works only under 2.0, and there will be a growing amount of
commercial software that at least works _better_ under 2.0.  The upgrade can't
cost _that_ much -- certainly no more than a couple games or a half-decent
app. 

Greg
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