Wasn't Zeta a BeOS?
Here in Germany we had much fuzz about it, because it was sold via TV commercials.
Somehow noone was really sure if they had an acutal BeOS licence and really access to the source, eventually it died.
Here in Germany we had much fuzz about it, because it was sold via TV commercials.
Somehow noone was really sure if they had an acutal BeOS licence and really access to the source, eventually it died.
magnussoft/yellowTAB never had a license but distributed a rebranded BeOS 5. After a years long drama they eventually ceased operation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnussoft_ZETA#Criticism
Excerpt from Wikipedia article:
"Zeta had no legal rights to distribute the BeOS software,
much less open source any of it, as the rumours had it.
[...]
The main reason that there hasn't been a public statement
previously is that dealing with this matter legally, in
Germany, is an expensive undertaking and--given the
apparently small amount of funding behind Zeta in its
various incarnations--we'd only be in a position to spend
significant money and legal time to make a point.
[...]
We have sent "cease and desist" letters to YellowTab on a
number of occasions, which have been uniformly ignored. If
Herr Korz [Bernd Korz, Former CEO of yellowTAB] feels that
he holds a legitimate license to the BeOS code he's been
using, we're completely unaware of it, and I'd be
fascinated to see him produce any substantiation for that
claim.”
— David Schlesinger, Director, Open Source Technologies.
ACCESS Co., Ltd., Access 'Completely Unaware' of Legitimate
Zeta License