Re: Why Use Apple IIgs Forever? Add 32-bits Support!

[jalapeno1@mac.com (jalapeno)]

"Bryan Parkoff" <BParkoff@satx.rr.com> wrote in message news:<L7hN7.62699$YD.5620336@news2.aus1.giganews.com>...
> Why Use Apple IIgs Forever?  Add 32-bits Support!

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>     My question is System ROM 01 + 03 are copyrighted.  It may mean that
> each of us are not allowed to modify System ROM 01 + 03 into new
> Emulation--System ROM 06 without needing ROM chip!

The ROM's are copyrighted by Apple Computer, Inc. To use legally in an
emulator the person running the emulator should probably own a real
version of the computer the ROM's are from. That said, I _seriously_
doubt that Apple computer will take you to court if you don't. My
understanding is that you _can_ modify a copy of your ROM for your own
use but you cannot legally distribute a modified copy without Apple's
permission. You may, theoretically speaking, write a program that
let's people patch their own personal copies of the ROM (for their own
personal use) and you could distribute the patcher program (but not a
copy of the patched ROM). This is how the patch program that fixes the
bug in the HFS file-system-translator was distributed about 5 years
ago.

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>     It is all my dream while I am working on my project that expands the
> improvement over Apple IIgs' System ROM 01 and ROM 03.  Please advise with
> my idea, but I am not sure if it is legal with the copyright of System ROM
> 01 and ROM 03.

See above.