J.A. Magallon wrote:
>On 2002.04.24 Geoffrey Lee wrote:
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>>>>of "The Matrix" artwork ?
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>>>>If Jamie or other distributions don't care, fine.. But we DO care, we
>>>>don't want to get sued.. That is why xmatrix was removed and there is no
>>>>plan to put it back (except if you get a royalted free license for
>>>>commercial distribution of xmatrix from "The Matrix" artwork authors..)
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>>>I don't tink this people pay any royalties (matrix ss for MacOSX):
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>>Probably, or probably not.
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>>But we can't risk our asses just because we *think* that it's ok to use
>>xmatrix without some sort of licensing. I'm sure that was what I felt when
>>I removed it.
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>Anyways, I think you do the correct thing. Perhaps a candidate for PLF
>site ? Or even that could be dangerous ?
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How about actually asking for permission the copyright owners? Since
they distribute their own screensavers for free, I don't think they
would be against, since it's a kind of promotion for free.
And the problem would be solved.
