Re: [MiNT] ERIC SMITH, PLEASE!!! ;-) uname reply - a final proposition

[Konrad Kokoszkiewicz <draco@mi.com.pl>]

> > According to Eric Smith, it IS still an issue. (When he reminded us about
> > that on this list, Atari Corp was in exactly the same situation as it is
> > now). 
> 
> When was the last time _HE_ checked with Atari?
> 
> Hell, even JTS Corp is now gone, so who's gonna complain?
> 
> Either ways, Atari _licensed_ MiNT _from_ Eric, not the other way around.

Martin, get real and read the MiNT's legal blurp again. FreeMiNT is not
MiNT. FreeMiNT is a "software derived from MiNT", not MiNT itself, hence
it (FreeMiNT) cannot officially use its (MiNT's) name. I am not a lawyer,
but that is what my common sense says to myself. Perhaps it is wrong,
though...

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Konrad M.Kokoszkiewicz
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