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Zapomente na ShapeShifter
no, zda se, ze Bauer si uz dlouho nezaprogramuje .....
dobre mu tak, hnupovi.
-pekr-
G'day Charles Patterson <midian@azstarnet.com>,
On the subject of "Re: [TA] Amiga, the best computer in the World", you
spoke thus:
> After stating many times that it was not possible to write a software
> only Macintosh Emulator, Christian Bauer wrote one anyway.
>
> Then Jim Drew starts slamming Christian Bauer for using Apple code in
> his Shapeshifter code. Even if it is true, Apple doesn't appear to
> care, why should Jim?
>
> Then Jim writes his own software only Mac emulator. I wonder what he
> is suing Christian Bauer for? Stealing his Fusion code? Strange
> since
> Shapeshifter has been around a LOT longer.
>
> Kinda makes you wonder what to believe...
>
This is what Jim Drew had to say on the Fusion ML 13 July:
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Robert Niessner wrote:
>
> Jim Drew wrote:
>
> > WHAT? Where can I get information about the Amiga Forever CD? Now
> > that I have officially sent off the legal documentation to Christian
> > Bauer (yes, I am suing him for theft), I need to notify the makers of
> > the Amiga Forever CD that the CD's must be destroyed or they face
> > legal prosecution.
>
> Hello Jim!
>
> Now as you have sent the legal docs to CB - could you be a bit more
> specific with your accusations? I would be interested how you want to
> proof CB's theft and what you expect from the results. It's because
> I ever wondered how someone can steal code without getting the
> sources, I always thought it's nearly impossible if the code is from
> a more complex program. So you would do me a great favour if
> you could go a little into depth, if your time allows.
> I know you explained it in some earlier mails but I found it not
> very satisfying for my personal curiosity.
Although we owe nobody an explaination, I will give one to you (and I am
sure that Joe will respond to this as well)...
You do not need source code to steal code. You can generate source code
from many different disassemblers for the Amiga. We use Resource
ourselves. This program turns executable into code that you can load
into any assembler and assemble it. It is not illegal to disassemble
code, but it is illegal to use any code that was not written by you
without permission of the copyright holder.
Since the very first version of ShapeShifter, Christian has stolen code
from both AMAX IV and EMPLANT. If you disassemble ShapeShifter's
PrepareEmul and RsrvMem, you will find that much of the code is byte for
byte identical. You wil also find the same for MANY sections of code,
like sound, force quit, the 060 support code, etc... all identical.
Christian has publically stated that more than 10,000 people have
registered ShapeShifter. At $40USD each, that equates to $400,000. My
suit is for this amount in damages, and the German law also requires
same amount in potentially lost revenue, so another $400,000 for a total
of $800,000 plus whatever damages that the judge might award.
Fortunately, the German laws work in a friendly way in that the judge
decides the entire case. Source code (diassembled code) is compared and
either it violates copyrights, or it doesn't.. simple as that. No
attorney is required *unless* I want to seek criminal justice, which
would place Christian in prison for a term of not more than 5 years. I
am not going to do this, I just want Christian to never touch a computer
ever again.
Because of the theft of our code (as well as AMAX IV), Christian was
able to develope knowledge that he would have never been able to obtain
without the theft. For this reason, my injunction is against
ShapeShifter, Basilisk, and SheepShaver.
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Make up your own mind. The whole issue is a mystery.
Bye,
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Steve Bowman - Melbourne, Australia