FUSE - Z80 ROM documentation

[Greg DeKoenigsberg]

On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Paul F. Johnson wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 18:13 -0400, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
> > On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Paul F. Johnson wrote:
> > 
> > > Okay, can one of the RH legal eagles check the legalities on this? The
> > > constant go/no-go is not much fun. We're trying to predict the future
> > > and every eventuality with nothing but conjecture and the insane legal
> > > mentality prevalent in the US.
> > 
> > If I take this to a Red Hat lawyer, the answer will be no.  Why?  Because 
> > currently, Fedora exists under the auspices of Red Hat, and Red Hat has 
> > money, and people sue companies that have money.
> 
> So *that's* why SCO went after RH ;-p
> 
> Seriously, I can see your point of view. If you can supply me with a
> specific set of questions I can put to Amstrad which will satisfy and
> get this fine piece of software into FCE, I'll happily do it.
> 
> However, if, as you've said the foundation will appear, maybe it would
> be of more use to wait for that, include and see what happens.
> 
> Suggestions?

My suggestion is to package the emulator now, and wait to package the 
ROMs for a couple of months.  In the meantime, it probably wouldn't be a 
bad idea to see if you can get Amstrad to place these ROMs into the public 
domain.

--g

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