sigh
It's old(-ish) news really, as the statement was released a while ago and there has been another ugly and pointless exchange of flames on the Amithlon mailing list.
H&P's position seems to be twofold:
(1) they dispute Bill McEwen's position regarding the licensing, and claim the product is "fully licensed"
(2) they claim Bernd Meyer did not have the right to terminate his contract with them and therefore it is still valid.
No details backing up either position have been made available.
The "1st September" thing seems a bit fuzzy, as Amiga Inc are not taking action against all those who are infringing their copyrights at the same time. It is unclear who Amiga Inc are targetting, or indeed if there has been any action at all. It's quite clear that H&P are not a priority.
The statement doesn't add anything useful to the mix anyway. We all knew H&P thought the contract was still valid which is why they continued to sell AmigaOS XL. None of the issues raised regarding the distribution of this product or the disputed factors were addressed at all.
All it's done is kick off more hysterics on all sides.
I didn't post this here as a news item when it was released because I judged it unworthy of the "news" tag.
:-(
