@geen_naam

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AmiKit is a 68k Amiga distribution.

AmiKit is one of two independent distributions supported by Cloanto's Amiga Forever. The other being AmigaSYS.

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Noted and corrected. (Maybe people should come up with originals names instad. All the ami- amiga-, -kit combinations are very confusing . )

That probably true. AmigaKit was launched in 2004 and AmiKit was released a year later.


@matthey

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They would be better off pooling their resources and working together.

Pooling means profit sharing of the end product? I am certain this wouldn't be offered or permitted to happen. A-EON has never be offered or received any additional funding for advancing the OS4 graphics system from the stakeholders. The funds raised by Enhancer Software licences to end-users are used to partially cover the large development costs. The cost of investment over the last six years in the graphics system couldn't be "pooled": i.e. donated or sold off at a token value.

There will be a crossroads soon: the next levels of graphics development needed will require the graphics library to be overhauled. This is very costly and needs expertise. Are these resources available to Hyperion? Any changes to the graphics lib would result in a derivative work. If any third party did the work they would loose their copyright/control on the work unless there was some agreement. The past has demonstrated clearly that agreements are simply ignored or contested by some parties.

So A-EON and AmigaKit Ltd will continue to collaborate in an independent software project, free of the legal entanglements that others have been disputing for years. This is the most pragmatic option to advance our platform given the circumstances.

Last edited by amigakit on 03-Jun-2021 at 10:28 AM.

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