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From: rkushner@sycom.UUCP (Ronald Kushner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Toaster on a Mac (Re: IAC)
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Date: 25 Jun 91 23:30:28 GMT
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jsurace@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Jason A. Surace) writes:
>
>  Personally, it really irks me that the Toaster will
>be marketed (possibly for the Mac) using Amiga innards,
>with the Amiga getting no credit. Is it legal to construct
>a commercial product (i.e. a stand-alone Toaster) using
>another company's (Commodore's) designs? It seems like some
>kind of licensing infringement to me.

Ever read of Commodore's O.E.M. and V.A.R. programs?

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