[Scummvm-devel] Fan translated versions of games

[Paul Gilbert]

Hi all,

I was wondering is there a general policy on whether detection entries for
fan translations of games should be accepted or not.

The reason I ask is that I recently rejected a submission for adding a
detection entry to the Tinsel engine to detect the fan translated Polish
version of Discworld, based on vague recollections that it was generally
frowned upon to include detection for fan translations of the games. But
looking through the Wiki and forums, I'm having trouble finding any
definitive earlier discussion on the matter. At most, I could only find this
comment from Sev:

One main thing which we are concerned is that all fantranslations have to be
> distributed as patches. I.e. no copyrighted material should be distributed
> on those sites. Otherwise you will get no support from ScummVM Team.
>

So am I correct in presuming that adding detection entries for the fan
translations are fine, so long as it's confirmed that the person/group
involved are only distributing patches rather than the full game illegally?

Regards,

Paul.
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