[Scummvm-devel] ScummVM and iPhSoft

[Joost Peters]

Max Horn wrote:
> So folks,
> 
> what does everybody think about the iPhSoft releast of FOTAQ -- and  
> today, Simon 1 (and soon Simon 2 and ITE, for both <http://iphsoft.com/ 
>  > already contains pages ?
> 
> Did anybody look at their patches / source tar balls?
> 
> Should we take their offer? I.e., this one:
> "We also interesting in transfer some of the income (more that 10%) to  
> ScummVM Project, can you send us a PayPal invoice (with the sum I will  
> send you) ?"
> 
> (Of course this would require us to have an account, see my other post  
> with the subject "Re: Description of ScummVM in README")

Regarding the patch/source; it looks mostly complete - they kindly 
didn't include the project file so it would need some effort to build, 
and of course lacks the new graphics they're using, so would be useless 
without placeholders or stripping out the code that uses it.

As I've expressed in the past I'm not really happy with these 
re-releases, and the amount of money they're making with it (the first 
release literally was a 30 minute hackjob), although it's a good thing 
they're offering a share of the profits, and I strongly feel we should 
take them up on it.

There are many things we could use the money for (GSoC mentor expenses, 
helping fund a 1.0 release party, etc).  I do feel the money belongs to 
us, so we should receive it, even if there is no immediate use for it.

I'd be willing to help / use my personal PayPal and deal with the 
tax-headache for this if no better solution can be found.

On a related note I also find it disappointing that none of the IP 
owners contacted us for 'first dibs', seeing as we did all the hard work.

According to their Simon 1 page they're distributing James Woodcock's 
music alongside - are they allowed to do this?  (CC'ing James on this 
email).


Regards,
Joost