On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:15:26 -0400 Christian Ohm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wednesday, 20 September 2006 at 1:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >wrote: >> If not OK, then what, fork the SP & MP/skirmish so we don't have >to >> deal with GPL restrictions that make no sense for this game >since >> everything *should* be covered by GPL, but we can never be 100% >> sure, since we can't contact anyone who can tell us? > >*BINGBINGBING* Wrong. If there is any doubt about the data's >license >(ie. we are not allowed to redistribute and change it), that will >affect >both the campaign and multiplayer modes, so there's no sense >separating >them. If that is the case (and it is highly unlikely, since the >intention of the source release was the continued development of >the >game), we can stop the whole project. > You sure about that? The SP game is the only thing that uses video I thought? The video playback is a thorn for GPL, since it uses non GPL content. The rest of the data can be viewed/used with no special codecs or anything else that might break GPL.
We just don't know what "as is with no guarantee" means in the legal sense, and if that conflicts with GPL in any way at all? Is this not also one of the reasons Rodzilla & Grimandmandy & Charun & Henrivee & Qamly & Kevin & ?? left the project to move on to their own RTS? I really doubt that Eidos/pumpkin (who are now Pivotal)-- http://www.pivotalgames.com/index.php?content=warzone&cat=support care, but I think the new person to contact would be Jim Bambra, Managing Director Pivotal Games. They say 'You can contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]' Perhaps we can write up something again, and see if they can write a new license that is more clear for the GPL legal people so we can move on? Oh, and finally, since they were from the UK, does the legal terms they had in the readme mean different than what the US laws state? Does it matter? Concerned about your privacy? Instantly send FREE secure email, no account required http://www.hushmail.com/send?l=480 Get the best prices on SSL certificates from Hushmail https://www.hushssl.com?l=485 _______________________________________________ Warzone-dev mailing list Warzone-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/warzone-dev
