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 ====== Freely Available Systems ====== ====== Freely Available Systems ======
  
-The following systems supported by MESS have had permission granted by their respective copyright owners for free distribution of the system ROMs (and sometimes other software as well). Note that such permission generally does not extend to third-party software or add-ons, and usually still prohibits commercial use (which is also prohibited by the [[license|MESS license]]). Please read the individual permission letters for specifics and consult an actual lawyer before relying on anything.+The following systems supported by MESS have had permission granted by their respective copyright owners for free distribution of the system ROMs (and sometimes other software as well). Note that such permission generally does not extend to third-party software or add-ons, and usually still prohibits commercial use. Please read the individual permission letters for specifics and consult an actual lawyer before relying on anything.
  
 ===== Amstrad / Sinclar ===== ===== Amstrad / Sinclar =====
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 ====== PENDING ====== ====== PENDING ======
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 +===== Myarc Geneve 9640 =====
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 +According to Michael Zapf, everything belonging to the Geneve 9640 (Boot EPROM and Geneve OS) Myarc Inc. transferred all rights to a third party by a buy-out in the nineties and these current active maintainers gave their consent to redistribution.
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 +===== Psion 2 Organiser and others =====
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 +The [[http://​web.archive.org/​web/​19990427201447/​http://​users.aol.com/​psionorg/​index.htm|Psion 2 Organiser Emulator (ORG2.EXE)]] published by Paul Robson circa 1998 came with a statement in the READ.ME file which stated about the included ROMs that "These Psion 2 Organiser ROM Images are distributed by kind permission of Psion Computers Ltd. Please do not include copies of these images on your own site. Copyright of these ROMs is retained."​
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 +We have already asked Paul Robson who he had emailed to obtain this permission, but his email records do not date back that far. However, he verified that he had emailed someone within Psion Computers Ltd. and they did not see anything wrong with distribution but did not release them as public domain.
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 +Intellectual property rights of Psion Computers Ltd. these days are, we believe, in the hands of Motorola.
  
 ===== Texas Instruments TI-99/4A and TI-99/8 ===== ===== Texas Instruments TI-99/4A and TI-99/8 =====
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 Other TI-99/4A emulator authors supposedly with permission include [[http://​www.harmlesslion.com/​cgi-bin/​onesoft.cgi?​10|Classic99]] ([[http://​www.harmlesslion.com/​HLsup/​viewtopic.php?​p=341#​p341|See the author'​s explanation here]]) and also [[http://​www.cadd99.com|PC99]] (who actually sells them all on a DVD with other associated documentation). Other TI-99/4A emulator authors supposedly with permission include [[http://​www.harmlesslion.com/​cgi-bin/​onesoft.cgi?​10|Classic99]] ([[http://​www.harmlesslion.com/​HLsup/​viewtopic.php?​p=341#​p341|See the author'​s explanation here]]) and also [[http://​www.cadd99.com|PC99]] (who actually sells them all on a DVD with other associated documentation).
  
-Furthermore,​ Texas Instruments granted permission to distribute TI-99/8 ROMs:+Furthermore,​ Texas Instruments granted permission to distribute TI-99/8 ROMs to this guy:
  
 [[https://​groups.google.com/​d/​topic/​comp.sys.ti/​SQ0CkVK9IOw/​discussion]] [[https://​groups.google.com/​d/​topic/​comp.sys.ti/​SQ0CkVK9IOw/​discussion]]