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I see Acorn are shipping Freeway in ROM with newer RISC OS revisions. Does that mean its freely distributable now?

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I see Acorn are shipping Freeway in ROM with newer RISC OS revisions. Does that mean its freely distributable now?

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No. As with any other part of RISC OS, it’s still commercial software and you’re still not allowed to copy it. This means that, for example, you aren’t allowed to take the module from a new machine and soft-load it (or blow it into an expansion card ROM) on old machines.