The original purpose of the thread has got me thinking....
Talking about the software rights of programs that are very old (in IT terms) is indicative that it is a major drawback for Amiga's survival.
If Amiga had a whole stack of Open sourced software that ran on it, the community would grow.
I mean if a bunch of popular open source software (Blender? Firefox, Openoffice.org) was available then transition into Amiga from outside would be easier for users.
It wouldn't be a case of trying to out-linux Linux but a case of making bridges from AmigaOS to the rest of the world... no man is an island.....