to rights: (NB: I'm only describing what my first instinct to look into would be, as a starting point.) Even though it'd probably stick in my craw, I'd let bygones be bygones and approach ROOL / Castle offering them a deal whereby they get full ownership of the source of RISCOS Ltd's branch of RISC OS (portions of code having third party licensing problems notwithstanding) in exchange for an exclusive ten year royalty-free licence to market, manufacture and sell RISC OS for the desktop computer market (including Iyonix and emulators) as an 'off the shelf' product. Essentially, RISCOS Ltd would take the RISC OS source at a suitable point of development, and create a tested, marketed, supported, saleable product from it; similar to Linux vendors releasing distributions, but within a framework tailored to the particular realities of the RISC OS market. RISCOS Ltd would benefit: 1) They get to move away from the expensive, risky and stressful ball-ache of low-level OS development. 2) The balance sheet would look healthier because they'd be able to sell new versions of an actual product to a more confident and happier customer base, and at greatly reduced cost to bring to market. 3) There's nothing to stop them bundling their own value added closed-source apps and utilities with their releases of RISC OS to make it an even more attractive prospect for end users. Castle / ROOL would benefit: 1) ROOL receive the enhancements RISCOS Ltd have made over the years. 2) Third parties