I really think it is a lack of self-control for you to subtly threat legal consequences. I can understand you feel very hungry, but treating Richard as a me-to cloner is a bit exaggerated.Houdini wrote: If ever it comes to it, this forum will be a goldmine for providing proof of misbehavior. A bon entendeur, salut!
Richard Vida is one of the most talented guy in this community, and not only because of Critter ELO (there are other very strong engine authors that I consider average good-will people, but no more). You don't take part in technical discussions so I was not able to have an opinion on you, but nevertheless increasing the top engine of such amount as you did in the last release it is absolutely not trivial and your result is amazing. So it is a pity to see these fights among top developers.
You surely introduced good novelties in H3 and I fully understand that you hate these novelties to be RE and added in other engines but this is the rule of the game we all have chosen to play. This is the rule of the game you have chosen to play. A bon entendeur, salut!