> Mike B. [...] will just have to do the same thing he has been doing for years,
> by going to each individual developer who has contributed to OS4, and obtain
> a license from them for their contributions. I think many of them will work with
> Mike B., give him a chance to see what he can do with the OS, but many of
> them will never work for Hyperion or Ben Hermans again.

Especially those who got burnt by Hyperion may have enough of anything "Amiga" and refuse to give Cloanto a license. And then there are those developers who make no secret of their rooting for Hyperion in the lawsuit. Those might be a problem for Cloanto as well, just for the complete opposite reason.