The question is how sure can you be that the source code in UAE at no point contained (disassembled) P96 code.
Given that the author didn't even bother providing a proper copyright head speaks volumes about you being able to make that call.
All this is offcourse legal fineprint in a case that will most likely never see a court day, but it will for ever be unknown wether you are p###ing of the hard work invested in P96, or if those orginal authors are trying to pull a Kruse.....
Who cares? Sorry to say that we have a phrase in german "als ob ein Sack Reis in China umfallen würde" (Thomas understands it). It is a hobby platform people only doing something on it for fun and hobby, no serious money to earn. P96 was a worthless software now as many other software from the past. The only reason why it suddenly became realistic to ask for money (and the copyright owners obviously only want money but will certainly not invest time in it) is because a small group of dedicated people invested several years in a project because they wanted to realize their NG 68k amiga and they still do not earn money with it. Now Thomas answers that they ask for money for the card, yes as long they do not get the hardware for free they cannot give the cards for free. I vote Thomas for the most senseless discussions in amiga terms (and there are lots of them). If the copyright owners think that anyone is violating copyright by someone then they are free to act. As far as I know Thomas is not and despite that he is involved now for months. In terms of outside world this all is silly anyway, we talk about a super-tiny micro market. Now even some (including Thomas) start to talk about legality of UAE. Acting against opensource community is a dangerous undertaking, I would recommend anyone not to do that... except you want to create maximum number of enemies in short time