[Scummvm-devel] SCUMM Steam Releases

Willem Jan Palenstijn wjp at usecode.org
Wed Jun 4 15:05:18 CEST 2014


On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 05:06:42PM +0300, Eugene Sandulenko wrote:
> Hi Team,
> 
> Despite the expressed opinions, I would still prefer to abstain from it.
> 
> Just think about it. They clearly made it in order to hide from our project
> ability to directly run the games. They deliberately decided to put
> additional effort and it is for sure not a mistake or oversight.
> 
> For those who are not aware, they hid the index .LFL file into engine
> executable, so all those patches Matt is referring to, do extract them with
> use of hardcoded tables.
> 
> I do clearly understand how pitiful this could be for end-users, and that
> it could lead to frustration.
> 
> Nevertheless, the safety of ScummVM Team and project is at my highest
> priority. I just want you guys to continue enjoy hacking ScummVM and
> sleeping well at night, without any potential threat from lawyers.
> 
> Any other opinions, particularly from the core team?


I see your point, and I did agree with it in the past, but five years may have been enough time to wait.


-Willem Jan





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