if I'm not wrong I remember that Hyperion signed a contract that gave a kind of independence to them regarding the release of the OS.
That is what Ben Hermans was eager to point out, that he actually devised the contract in a way that it had such independence in case things went south.
Well, look where it got them (Hyperion).
The Amiga IP is the only even remotely "valuable" part of the Amiga Inc. They are not going to let it go.