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Message-ID: <1991Jun27.105041.23834@uservx.afwl.af.mil>
Date: 27 Jun 91 10:50:41 GMT
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In article <1991Jun25.075911.635@ncsu.edu>, kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) 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? 
> 
> Sure.  "Parts is parts" :-)   There are cash registers which use PCs as guts,
> kiosks with Amigas, and tons of gizmos which use either CoCo or C64 boards.
> None of them power up and say "Hey I'm really a XX machine in here!" :-)
> 
> And often these things are built using cutdown systems bought directly from
> the computer maker, which I believe someone said is also the case for
> the Mac/Toaster unit.
> 
>>It seems like some kind of licensing infringement to me.
> 
> I suppose if you put your own label on the computer and sold it as a
> computer, you might... ummm.. actually that's probably okay too.
> Any lawyers around here, btw?   cheers - kev <kdarling@catt.ncsu.edu>

Well, I'm NOT a lawyer (thank God!) but I used to work for a company that did
exactly what you're saying.  Of course, the real manufacturer of the computer
allowed the company I worked for to do this.  It helped to boost sales of 
their computers.
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