However, if you do not come to an agreement, you either need to negotiate directly with the owners (another party), or you cannot use the component you want to make use of. Just first canceling negotiations, but then still using the component is not my understatement of how business works, and certainly not "gentlemen like". I cannot first say "thank you, we don't want to make business with you", and then still use third party work as if nothing happened. If I do not want a deal, I have no deal, with all consequences.
Well, I agree. This is how business should be done, with proper manners and chivalry.
EXCEPT !!!
In Amigaland where there's always some dense mofo who will block progress.
So the business in Amigaland should be done like this:
A: We're making something, wanna cooperate ?
B: No.
A: Screw you, we're doing this anyway!
And that's it.
Why do you need a public statement of the owners? Why do negotiations have to be run in public? Why do *you* need to care? It's not your software, it's neither your hardware. You're none of the parties involved here.
And just like that, we don't care about the authors. The moment they chose not to help they got on my 'go and F yourself list'.
The best solution is to put these two f*ckers in jail : no license problem anymore then...
And Cosmos has the right solution. +1 for that.
