Workbench Disk Sets... What Would Be The Best Way To Obtain Them...

[mongo]

Again then, if I want to distribute Workbench disks Piru, who should I contact?  

I answered that question two weeks ago.

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=635372&postcount=114

[mongo]

Maybe what you think is immoral by Franko may not be illegal.

Does Franko have permission from the copyright holder to distribute Workbench disks?

If he doesn't, it's illegal.

It's really as simple as that.

[mongo]

I assume that is a joke.  Try emailing that asking for a license to Workbench 3.1 and prior.  You will get no response. Ever.  Emails don't bounce, so I assume it goes somewhere.

It's no joke. They have no obligation to reply if they have no interest in giving you a license.

The problem is that you want a license to give away Workbench disks and there is no money to be made in doing that. Come up with a viable business plan in which Amiga Inc can profit from it and they might be willing to listen.

[mongo]

There is various source supporting that Commodore basically considered the Workbench free to distribute and ended up letting anyone include the files on disks and eventually CDs.

   Workbench and Includes Licenses

Developers who wish to distribute files/commands from Workbench
or C/Asm Include files on their commercial product MUST have
a license to do so.  Distribution of the items in PD or freely
redistributable form is not allowed.  Licenses may be requested
through your local Amiga support organization, or through
CATS - Licenses, 1200 Wilson Drive, West Chester, PA., 19380.
Licenses are available for Workbench 1.3, Workbench 2.0, Includes
1.3, and Includes 2.0.  Be sure to specify which license(s) you
require and include your full PAPER MAIL address including country.
Licensing generally costs $100/year for workbench, $25/year for
Includes/Libs.

Current 1.3 Workbench licensees may also request a special
"IFFParse" amendment for distributing the 2.0 iffparse.library
with 1.3.

We expect to have some additional amendments available for
non-registered developers soon for Installer and AmigaGuide
(currently only available to regsitered developers).

http://ftp.back2roots.org/padua/text/CATS-Materials

So yes, I believe Franko "believes" he has permission and "legal" right to have the disk available for legal owners of the OS to download and make backups.

It doesn't really matter what Franko believes.

So far it appears the Copyright holders agrees that Franko does have a right to distribute the disks. Who are you to say otherwise exactly?

The copyright holders haven't stated any opinion on the matter. Don't assume that means they agree.