NJ_GOKEMEIJE@FANDM.BITNET (06/26/91)
From: IN%"kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu" "Kevin Darling" 25-JUN-1991 13:39:47 .15 To: amiga-advocacy-relay@udel.edu CC: Subj: RE: Toaster on a Mac (Re: IAC) Return-path: <amiga-advocacy-relay-request@udel.edu> Received: from JNET-DAEMON by FANDM with PMDF#10102; Tue, 25 Jun 1991 13:39 EST Received: From CORNELLC(MAL) by FANDM with Jnet id 3938 for NJ_GOKEMEIJE@FANDM; Tue, 25 Jun 91 13:39 EST Received: from CORNELLC by CORNELLC (Mailer R2.08A) with BSMTP id 3889; Tue, 25 Jun 91 13:38:15 EDT Received: from udel.edu by CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.2MX) with TCP; Tue, 25 Jun 91 13:38:11 EDT Received: from louie.udel.edu by louie.udel.edu id ac15986; 25 Jun 91 8:00 EDT Received: from USENET by louie.udel.edu id aa15518; 25 Jun 91 7:08 EDT Received: from snow-white.ee.udel.edu by louie.udel.edu id ac15498; 25 Jun 91 7:07 EDT Received: from nigel.ee.udel.edu by snow-white.ee.udel.edu id ac14887; 25 Jun 91 11:06 GMT Date: 25 Jun 91 07:59:11 GMT From: Kevin Darling <kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu> Subject: RE: Toaster on a Mac (Re: IAC) Sender: amiga-advocacy-relay-request@udel.edu To: amiga-advocacy-relay@udel.edu Message-id: <1991Jun25.075911.635@ncsu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Organization: North Carolina State University > Personally, it really irks me that the Toaster will >be marketed (possibly for the Mac) using Amiga innards, >with the Amiga getting no credit. Is it legal to construct >a commercial product (i.e. a stand-alone Toaster) using >another company's (Commodore's) designs? Sure. "Parts is parts" :-) There are cash registers which use PCs as guts, kiosks with Amigas, and tons of gizmos which use either CoCo or C64 boards. None of them power up and say "Hey I'm really a XX machine in here!" :-) And often these things are built using cutdown systems bought directly from the computer maker, which I believe someone said is also the case for the Mac/Toaster unit. >It seems like some kind of licensing infringement to me. I suppose if you put your own label on the computer and sold it as a computer, you might... ummm.. actually that's probably okay too. Any lawyers around here, btw? cheers - kev <kdarling@catt.ncsu.edu>