[Scummvm-devel] The new COPYRIGHT file

Max Horn max at quendi.de
Thu May 31 22:57:54 CEST 2007


Am 31.05.2007 um 22:36 schrieb Eugene Sandulenko:

> On Thu, 31 May 2007 22:37:55 +0200
> Max Horn <max at quendi.de> wrote:
>
>>>   Many files in engines/saga/ directory are based on work of:
>>>   The ReInherit Engine is (C)2000-2003 by Daniel Balsom.
>>
>> Depends on what the specific agreements with Mr Balsom were/are.
>> Under what license was his original code released, how did we get
>> permission to use it, etc. -- it might be sufficient to just list
>> his name in the COPYRIGHT file.
>>
>> Are we talking about code which was verbatim copied from Daniel
>> Balsom? W/o knowing more about the details, I can't really say more.
> Daniel Balsom joined our Team, but never committed. His code was under
> GPL. He fully agreed for submission of his whole code verbatim.

Tricky. Well, I guess we can add a special note to the COPYRIGHT file  
then. However, it shouldn't make much of a difference in real life, I  
guess (well of course I hope that *none* of these changes will ever  
have to count for something -- for if we need 'em, it means we have  
serious legal problems).

Cheers,
Max




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