Vassilis 'vasper' Perantzakis, of BeOS Max Edition fame, has announced that he will start work on WalterOS, the Haiku-based version of BeOS Max. "All code developed for this OS will be given to Haiku with the same MIT license 1 month after release at the latest. 50% of all income generated for us from any activity related to this OS (selling of CD and possibly memorabilia) will be donated to Haiku. Donations will not be accepted, please donate to Haiku." The name is not final yet, so feel free to add your own proposals.
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Member since:2007-03-12
BeOS Max is not derived work because no code is used from the original BeOS. Binaries are NOT considered derived work.
Is this your provincial lawyer talking again? BeOS binaries are a copyright work. Somebody owns them and BeOS MAX is a derived and illegal distribution. Saying different doesn't change that.
Haiku will probably be more basic that Windows and OS X, but a distro it's not *needed* for a user to use Haiku.
The issues of user experience and consistency are a core issue. Fragmentation and poor quality distributions create a bad and confusing impression.
I wonder what Vasper's reponse would be if I took his paid for "Haiku MAX" and released a cleaned up version and made more money off it? Go on, surprise me...
Member since:2005-07-22
Vibe, please. I am talking about DERIVED WORK. That can ONLY come from SOURCE CODE. Please don't play the smart one on things you don't know. OK?
Also stop FUD...
bornagainenguin, I have been in contact with the Director of Open Source at Access and gave him all the info, showed him to the site and he gave me the unofficial OK. That is all.
Edited 2007-04-15 08:57
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2005-08-19
Haiku is the base OS. Have you ever tried e.g. Linux? Ubuntu for example is a Distro of Linux.
I don't think you can compare directly here. Linux is a kernel, and distros are needed for it to function for the end user. Thats not the case with Haiku. You repeat that Haiku is the base OS. Thats probably right in the sense that it is an OS with basic applications included. But this argument will also make Windows and OS X "base operating systems". Are they?
Haiku will probably be more basic that Windows and OS X, but a distro it's not *needed* for a user to use Haiku.