Access 'Completely Unaware' of Legitimate Zeta License
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 4th Apr 2007 09:14 UTC, submitted by jeanmarc
Zeta For the first time in its 7 years of existence, some decent statement has been released concering the legality of Zeta. Access, the current owner of Be, Inc.'s IP, states: "We have sent 'cease and desist' letters to YellowTab on a number of occasions, which have been uniformly ignored. If Herr Korz feels that he holds a legitimate license to the BeOS code he's been using, we're completely unaware of it, and I'd be fascinated to see him produce any substantiation for that claim." Update: Bernd Korz has replied on his blog.
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Soulbender
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2005-08-18

"It's is not, I repeat NOT, illegal to distribute PE."

Oh yes it is. You should read the license that comes with PE. It spells it out quite clearly and even if it didn't you would still need permission from the copyright holder. Just because they give/gave it away that doesn't mean you are allowed to make copies and give it away.
Of course, this is all rather moot unless ACCESS cares.

Edited 2007-04-04 14:28

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memson Member since:
2006-01-01

Soulbender, the whole entire point of PE was that it was free for personal, non commercial, use. Free as in beer, I believe was the term used.

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Soulbender Member since:
2005-08-18

"Soulbender, the whole entire point of PE was that it was free for personal, non commercial, use. Free as in beer, I believe was the term used."

Thats not what the license says though.

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