No, he hasn't. He has not been granted a license from either Tolkien group or Vivendi Universal.
What he's doing is illegal. What he's doing is immoral in my opinion. And what he's doing is most certainly rude if nothing else. His entire argument seems to be based on some sort of sense of entitlement: I DESERVE to be using the Tolkien IP, and #### it, if they don't reply to my letter requesting a license, why I'll just go ahead and use it anyway.
--matt
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