Hi,
First I want to apologize and sorry to get you into this situation! I can assure you that the misuse of your library was not intencional.
I called it a "claim" becouse i have to look up for some information (not about the rightfulness of your plugin, but the time-dates on our side, how things lead to this point). I could have called it "infringement" but this was the wording that is usually used (not to degrading the meaning of it) and the download has been removed as you asked. It took me a while to gather my thoughts on the matter.
to clarify:
- We was not aware that this is a cracked version we use. The plugin was (still available) on multiple sites available. There is no label on it that it is a "cracked version". This is not an excuse, just the unfortunate fact of the situation.
- The version in question is (as i see correctly) from 1996. In the files containing your product there was only a street address (of course there was no email then). We started our game project somewhere in 2019 (7 years ago). At the time we start to use your plugin our coder tried to reach and contact you trough the internet. As i remember there was no answer for the letter we write to the address we found then. From that point we don't take into consideration to write a physical mail to a much older address.
- I don't want to deflect responsibility here either, but, as things runs for the Amiga (and with retro-community in general) today we can't track every softwares legality. Yes there are a lot of piracy. Literally everyone who are downloading software (of 30 years old utils and games especially) are considered as "pirate" in that sense. There are no stores sellig those products anymore.
- We do not encourage or support anyone to commit any illegal activity (software piracy). Please note that our Amiga games do not force anyone to pay for our products, and never was a "price". Donations are optional.
I can understand what it means to working on something and put a hell lot of time in it, we do the same. You've made a good plugin. We all thank you for that. It is hard to track a software so old, it is easy to lost controll over them.
To solve the situation in good faith:
How and where can we buy or "licence" your product legally? There is no information or store we can find it anywhere with your plugin! I see that you have an ITCH account as well but the plugin is not listed under your name.
Best regards: EBS