@Samwel

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To me it seems pretty simple. Amiga Inc. has a possible binary buy back clause. Meaning they can buy back OS4 in binary form and sell it the way the please. Only when OS4 is finished of course. This may be one of the reasons OS4 is late (hardware is another). Hyperion has never let go of the sources (I hope) and none of the contractors doing work for OS4 either I suppose. But they have signed contracts letting Hyperion and/or Amiga Inc sell OS4 with their work in binary form. It's the same way MorphOS development works/worked. Each party owning their own work. But signing contracts for the final work in binary form for each version of the OS released. Not letting go of the sources.

If that's the way it works, I will not be purchasing OS4 to run on any hardware. I've already outlined why. One coder could get mad/tired/whatever and decide to disallow use of his code and then there would be a dead OS with no way to update or move forward. The only way I will purchase OS4 is if the complete sources are paid for and owned by one single company. When that happens, I will gladly put down my money. Until then... I'm not risking it, no matter how many press releases or "all is okay" statements are made.