[Scummvm-cvs-logs] SF.net SVN: scummvm:[41595] web/trunk/data/news/20090616.xml

Tue Jun 16 23:19:23 CEST 2009

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Author:   fingolfin
Date:     2009-06-16 21:19:22 +0000 (Tue, 16 Jun 2009)

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+<NAME>GPL conflict with Atari</NAME>
+<DATE>Jun 16, 2009</DATE>
+<AUTHOR>cyx, fingolfin</AUTHOR>
+<BODY>
+<p>Consider the following an official "press release", and note that the <em>exact</em> wording
+is dictated to cyx and fingolfin by the settlement terms.
+</p>
+	<blockquote><em>
+	In December 2008, members of the ScummVM team discovered that three
+	games for the Nintendo Wii console ("Freddi Fish: The Case of the
+	Missing Kelp Seeds", published in Germany under the name "Fritzi Fisch
+	und der verschwundene Schatz"; "Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's
+	Dark Outside", published in Germany under the name "Pyjama Pit: Keine
+	Angst im Dunkeln"; and "Spy Fox: Dry Cereal", published in Germany under
+	the name "Spy Fox in: Das Milchkartell") made use of ScummVM, without
+	complying with the terms of the GPL license. They sent a warning letter
+	to the German distributor of these games, Atari Deutschland GmbH, who
+	was not aware that ScummVM was used in the creation of the games. Atari
+	Deutschland GmbH established contact with Mistic Software Inc., the
+	developers of the games.
+	</em></blockquote>
+
+	<blockquote><em>
+	Mistic Software Inc. responded by denying that members of the
+	ScummVM team hold any rights to the particular code they used. The
+	dispute was ultimately settled in May 2009 by Mistic Software Inc.
+	paying all legal fees and making a donation to the Free Software
+	Foundation as a sign of good will, without acknowledging copyright
+	infringement.
+	</em></blockquote>
+</BODY>


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