<s>
The	O
following	O
history	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
the	I-Operating_System
AmigaOS	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
dispute	I-Operating_System
documents	O
the	O
legal	O
battle	O
mainly	O
between	O
the	O
companies	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
Hyperion	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	I-Operating_System
over	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
September	O
2009	O
,	O
Hyperion	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
reached	O
a	O
settlement	O
agreement	O
where	O
Hyperion	O
was	O
granted	O
an	O
exclusive	O
,	O
perpetual	O
and	O
worldwide	O
right	O
to	O
distribute	O
and	O
use	O
'	O
The	O
Software	O
 '	O
,	O
a	O
term	O
used	O
during	O
the	O
dispute	O
and	O
subsequent	O
settlement	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
source	O
code	O
from	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
3	O
and	O
earlier	O
,	O
and	O
ownership	O
of	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4.x	O
and	O
beyond	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Commodore	O
filed	O
for	O
bankruptcy	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
its	O
name	O
and	O
IP	O
rights	O
,	O
including	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
were	O
sold	O
to	O
Escom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Escom	O
kept	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
products	O
and	O
sold	O
the	O
Commodore	O
name	O
on	O
to	O
Tulip	O
Computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Escom	O
went	O
bankrupt	O
in	O
1997	O
and	O
sold	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
IP	O
to	O
Gateway	O
2000	O
(	O
now	O
only	O
Gateway	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
December	O
1999	O
,	O
Gateway	O
sold	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
name	O
and	O
rights	O
to	O
Amino	O
Development	O
,	O
who	O
changed	O
the	O
company	O
name	O
to	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
once	O
the	O
assets	O
had	O
been	O
acquired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
'	O
Amino	O
 '	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
the	O
'	O
KMOS	O
 '	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
are	O
seen	O
by	O
Hyperion	O
as	O
legally	O
distinct	O
entities	O
,	O
contracts	O
to	O
one	O
are	O
of	O
no	O
relevance	O
to	O
the	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyperion	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	I-Operating_System
released	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
(	O
OS4	B-Application
)	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
five	O
year	O
development	O
process	O
led	O
to	O
accusations	O
of	O
vapourware	B-Application
and	O
producing	O
a	O
modern	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
OS	O
,	O
given	O
that	O
Hyperion	O
claimed	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
the	O
original	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
3.1	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
reference	O
(	O
a	O
claim	O
later	O
proven	O
accurate	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
made	O
worse	O
by	O
the	O
apparent	O
much	O
more	O
rapid	O
progress	O
and	O
maturity	O
of	O
competitor	O
and	O
alternative	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
clone	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
begun	O
several	O
years	O
earlier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perhaps	O
the	O
most	O
important	O
feature	O
of	O
OS4	B-Application
as	O
regards	O
the	O
legal	O
dispute	O
is	O
the	O
presence	O
of	O
an	O
entirely	O
new	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
native	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
ExecSG	O
replaces	O
the	O
original	O
Amiga	B-Device
Exec	O
and	O
is	O
claimed	O
entirely	O
the	O
work	O
and	O
property	O
of	O
Hyperion	O
's	O
subcontracted	O
developers	O
Thomas	O
and	O
Hans-Joerg	O
Frieden	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neither	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
nor	O
Hyperion	O
actually	O
own	O
ExecSG	O
,	O
so	O
technically	O
cannot	O
demand	O
or	O
hand	O
it	O
over	O
,	O
leaving	O
the	O
OS	O
with	O
fragmented	O
and	O
confused	O
ownership	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
The	O
Inquirer	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
was	O
inching	O
closer	O
to	O
rebirth	O
with	O
the	O
long-awaited	O
release	O
of	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4.0	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
PowerPC-native	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
classic	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
(	O
Motorola	B-Device
68k	I-Device
)	O
from	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
new	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
OS	O
would	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
AmigaOne	B-Device
machines	O
,	O
now	O
out	O
of	O
production	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
only	O
run	O
Linux	B-Application
while	O
waiting	O
for	O
the	O
new	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
OS	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
year	O
after	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
also	O
announced	O
a	O
new	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
compatible	O
system	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
available	O
shortly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
machine	O
was	O
neither	O
Genesi	O
's	O
Efika	O
,	O
nor	O
the	O
project	O
codenamed	O
Samantha	O
,	O
(	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Sam440ep	B-Device
from	O
ACube	O
Systems	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
days	O
after	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
announced	O
the	O
new	O
Amiga	B-Application
OS4	I-Application
(	O
OS4	B-Application
)	O
compatible	O
machines	O
,	O
they	O
sued	O
Hyperion	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	I-Operating_System
(	O
Hyperion	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
stated	O
that	O
it	O
decided	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
version	O
of	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
in	O
2001	O
and	O
on	O
November	O
3	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
they	O
signed	O
a	O
contract	O
with	O
Hyperion	O
(	O
then	O
a	O
game	O
developer	O
for	O
the	O
68k	B-Device
Amiga	B-Device
platform	I-Device
as	O
well	O
as	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Macintosh	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
gave	O
Hyperion	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
sources	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
Commodore	O
version	O
,	O
AmigaOS3.1	O
,	O
but	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
post-Commodore	O
versions	O
OS	O
3.5	O
and	O
3.9	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
purchased	O
from	O
the	O
third	O
party	O
responsible	O
for	O
their	O
development	O
,	O
since	O
Haage	O
&	O
Partner	O
(	O
developers	O
of	O
OS	O
3.5	O
and	O
3.9	O
)	O
never	O
returned	O
their	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
source	O
code	O
to	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
also	O
said	O
that	O
its	O
contract	O
allowed	O
Hyperion	O
to	O
use	O
Amiga	B-Device
trademarks	O
in	O
the	O
promotion	O
of	O
OS4	B-Application
on	O
Eyetech	O
's	O
AmigaOne	B-Device
and	O
stipulated	O
that	O
Hyperion	O
should	O
make	O
its	O
best	O
efforts	O
to	O
deliver	O
OS	O
4	O
by	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
an	O
elderly	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
(	O
68k	B-Device
)	O
for	O
an	O
entirely	O
different	O
processor	O
architecture	O
(	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
)	O
in	O
four	O
months	O
,	O
an	O
optimistic	O
target	O
that	O
Hyperion	O
failed	O
to	O
meet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
the	O
contract	O
permits	O
the	O
purchase	O
of	O
the	O
full	O
sources	O
of	O
OS4	B-Application
from	O
Hyperion	O
for	O
US$	O
25,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
court	O
filing	O
says	O
that	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
paid	O
this	O
sometime	O
in	O
April	O
–	O
May	O
2003	O
,	O
to	O
keep	O
Hyperion	O
from	O
going	O
bankrupt	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
between	O
then	O
and	O
November	O
21	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
paid	O
another	O
$7	O
,	O
200	O
,	O
then	O
$	O
8,850	O
more	O
which	O
it	O
says	O
Hyperion	O
said	O
was	O
owing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
filing	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
President	O
Bill	O
McEwen	O
revealed	O
that	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
still	O
has	O
n't	O
received	O
the	O
sources	O
for	O
AmigaOS4	B-Application
,	O
that	O
he	O
's	O
discovered	O
that	O
much	O
of	O
its	O
development	O
was	O
outsourced	O
to	O
third-party	O
contract	O
developers	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
clear	O
if	O
Hyperion	O
has	O
all	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
this	O
external	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
after	O
five	O
years	O
and	O
$41	O
,	O
050	O
,	O
on	O
21	O
November	O
2006	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
told	O
Hyperion	O
it	O
had	O
violated	O
the	O
contract	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
30	O
days	O
to	O
sort	O
it	O
out	O
—	O
to	O
finish	O
the	O
product	O
and	O
hand	O
over	O
the	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyperion	O
claims	O
in	O
its	O
defense	O
that	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
rendered	O
the	O
contract	O
null	O
through	O
dealings	O
with	O
KMOS	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
which	O
acquired	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
assets	O
and	O
renamed	O
itself	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
over	O
2004	O
–	O
05	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
24	O
December	O
2006	O
,	O
Hyperion	O
released	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
OS4	B-Application
–	O
although	O
according	O
to	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
Hyperion	O
claims	O
that	O
this	O
was	O
merely	O
an	O
update	O
of	O
the	O
developers	O
 '	O
preview	O
version	O
of	O
16	O
April	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
contract	O
ended	O
,	O
Hyperion	O
had	O
no	O
rights	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
name	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
or	O
any	O
Amiga	B-Device
intellectual	O
property	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
market	O
OS4	B-Application
or	O
enter	O
into	O
any	O
agreements	O
about	O
it	O
with	O
anyone	O
else	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
AmigaOS4	B-Application
was	O
still	O
being	O
developed	O
and	O
distributed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
ACube	O
Systems	O
released	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
Sam440ep	B-Device
motherboards	O
,	O
which	O
run	O
AmigaOS4	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Without	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc.	O
'	O
s	O
permission	O
,	O
Hyperion	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	I-Operating_System
could	O
not	O
use	O
the	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
name	O
or	O
related	O
trademarks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyperion	O
's	O
defense	O
centered	O
around	O
the	O
potentially	O
contract-voiding	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc./KMOS	O
handover	O
,	O
the	O
problems	O
they	O
faced	O
in	O
acquiring	O
the	O
post-Commodore	O
OS3.x	O
source	O
code	O
which	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
claimed	O
to	O
own	O
and	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
presence	O
of	O
new	O
work	O
and	O
open	O
components	O
in	O
the	O
new	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
September	O
2009	O
,	O
Hyperion	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	I-Operating_System
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
reached	O
settlement	O
agreement	O
where	O
Hyperion	O
was	O
granted	O
,	O
"	O
an	O
exclusive	O
,	O
perpetual	O
,	O
worldwide	O
right	O
to	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
3.1	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
develop	O
,	O
modify	O
,	O
commercialize	O
,	O
distribute	O
and	O
market	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4.x	O
.	O
</s>
