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Originally Posted by Thomas Richter
I don't get it. If you want to help developing AmigaOs, you can do that, right now. Contact the folks behind 3.2. Nobody is taking anyone hostage here.
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You know as well as I do that what you describe is a million miles away from open-source. You're fine with that arrangement, but you can't expect everyone to be fine with it.
And let's say Cloanto win the court-case and block sales and further development of OS 3.2. Do not expect Ben Hermans to allow any of that work to be used by Cloanto or anyone else. Do expect him to enforce the NDA to prevent those programmers working for Cloanto though. In that scenario, you'll find it very difficult to defend your current viewpoint. There are other potential outcomes, but I think you're rather glossing over how precarious the legal situation is. Which is exactly why open-source is required. Deep down, I think you must know this.