What was "legal" status of P96 drivers in Amithlon/AmigaOSXL?
Lol, who knows.
If someone told me they stole the CDs I wouldn't be surprised.
Just a quick note --- P96 for Amithlon was fully licensed directly from Tobias and Alexander; It's been too many years for me to remember the exact amount (and IIRC, that amount was still in Deutschmark), but my vague recollection is that it was something like 5 Euro per copy. And while I wasn't personally in charge of making sure they got paid, my impression is that they (unlike Amiga Inc) *did* get paid --- I was in contact with them afterwards, and they never mentioned any issues in that regard.
Can't speak for AmigaXL, of course...