If you've nothing to hide you shouldn't have removed it. Now we'll just assume you did steal it since we can't compare "yours" with the original version.
If it took you 6 hours to make those minimal changes, all i can say is you're a lousy skinner. You won't convince me that you accidentally used _exactly_ the same color shades, drew _exactly_ the same design and put logos in _exactly_ the same place as pdanev (ING logo for example). His skin was far far more than just an inspiration. So don't lie, you're arguments are weak. I hate seeing skin rippers taking others work (especially pretty well known and very nicely designed skins), making minimal changes and claiming that's their work.
And funny you added the "don't edit" text to your skin - you think that doesn't hold for you in case of other people's skins?
If you would like to use some specific part of a skin, some shapes etc, I'm happy to provide them as long as you ask nicely. Its also fine by me if you add a name, your own number etc to a skin, np. But preseting what is basically someone else's work as your own is pretty lame.