> Its about intellectual property rights.

Only if you believe one version of the story and dismiss the other version. Does this mean you know already which version is true?

> you are simply copying anything from it you find appealing.

Licensing the source code of a specific version of a software product and attempting to reimplement changes others have made to that source code wouldn't be "simply copying".

> everyone here could not care less, unless they are attacked, ripped off, or abused.

Just for the record: I've been neither ;-)

> You represent the competition

In essence, this statement about AROS is correct ;-)