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From: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re:  Information on Amiga Technical Reference Seri
Message-ID: <22380@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 12 Jun 91 23:05:53 GMT
References: <3036@public.BTR.COM>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <3036@public.BTR.COM> valentin@btr.BTR.COM (Valentin Pepelea  valentin@btr.com) writes:
>In article <22342@cbmvax.commodore.com> andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy
>Finkel) writes:
>Quite a few companies provide the OS sources to their custommers; Commodore
>would not be an exception. Any real-time OS for embedded systems is supplied
>in source code form, including Vrtx, pSOS, OS/9, and others. Ever wondered
>how come these companies are not afraid of having their work plagiarized?
>The answer is quite simple, copyrights.

Ever hear of "Copyright Unpublished Trade Secrets"  ?
Apparently not.

Those companies that give source code do so with heavy licensing
agreements and cost big bucks.  It is conceiveable to me that
Commodore might do the same, on terms similar to those between
AT&T and their commercial licensees.  (This isn't to say
that it is happening, only that I don't see that its out of
the question)

Of course, this is quite a different thing from the source
being passed around freely!

>Valentin

		andy
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