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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Member since:2006-02-19
I added -1 to PetterHJ for agressive ignorance.
There was MiniMax distribution made by same person, including patches not bloat. Bit larger than original PE.
There was always choice in that, and blaiming someone's work (with doing nothing byself - even to clarify situation for self) is not that best way to behave.
I personally directed lot of beginners to MiniMax, and also "BigMax" entry on bebits had link to that minimalistic distro.
Member since:2005-08-19
There was always choice in that, and blaiming someone's work (with doing nothing byself - even to clarify situation for self) is not that best way to behave.
I don't think you know anything about what I've done in this manner. I haven't made my own distro, your right about that!
In Haiku "patches" won't be an excuse to say that distros is a good thing - in my eyes they aren't. Haiku is collaborative work. Everyone making distros won't help a thing. And why do people feel the need to make distros? Distros seems in my eyes somewhat narcissistic. I'm not saying Vasper is. It may be that he maintains BeOS Max to help people out trying BeOS, and he should be honored for that.
Member since:2006-02-20
On the contrary. BeOSmax is perfect for people who are complete noobs to BeOS. Easy to install and includes a variety of apps to try out. Beginners aren't going to want to go through the hassles of messing with PE and then going and downloading a bunch of apps off BeBits which they may not even know about and which they probably don't have the patience to browse through especially considering that half the apps are abandoned by their creators. BeOSmax saves the beginner a whole lot of trouble.
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2005-08-19
It pisses in the face of everything that was BeOS.
In fact, I think I would say I agree here. *Every* new person that wants to try BeOS gets directed to "BeOS Max", which is sad. Max IMHO is moving away from what BeOS was/is.
It has the patches yes, but those can easily be obtained anyway. What you get instead is a *lot* of bloat and an altered look.
I don't think Haiku aims to be _just_ a _base_ system for a given distro to build upon! Haiku will include the basic yes, but you can easily tailor it to your needs! I don't see the problem with that.
I hope we don't need to see this distro mess in the Haiku world. The best would be if all could work together providing apps/drivers instead of moving in separate directions!
Edited 2007-04-04 20:56