There have several new developments in the wake of recent comments made by David “Lefty” Schlesinger of ACCESS Ltd.; he recently stated that Bernd Korz never had a legal right to distribute a BeOS derivative.

Shortly following Mr. Schlesinger’s comments, Bernd Korz posted a brief response on his blog. The post contains little information beyond mentioning that Bernd is scheduled to consult a lawyer, but he does at least promise some clarification once the discussion has taken place. Schlesinger’s original comments were, in turn, a response to the announcement that Bernd was considering an open source release of some portions of ZETA.

The situation has also prompted a response from MagnusSoft – who had still been distributing ZETA following the recent end of their business involvement with Bernd. But due to the statements made by Schlesinger, it was announced today that MagnusSoft will no longer distribute ZETA (1.21 or 1.5) – at least until the legal uncertainties have been resolved.

And lastly, OSNews has posted a timeline summarizing the history of ZETA and ZETA development. While a few things are left out (there seems to be no mention of “BeOS NG,” the original product announced by yellowTAB), it does still provide a good overview of the past few years.

Update: As 0033 mentions in the comments, there is some good news as well: Vasper from BeOS Max has written on his blog that he has been in contact with David Schlesinger from ACCESS. According to the post, they do not see a reason to interfere with BeOS Max development.

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