On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:45:49 -0400 Linas Žvirblis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> If we were to do on the fly conversion of the briefings/video, >that >> is read them normally as the engine was designed to do, then >> convert them to another format within the engine itself and >write >> the results out to a new file format, then can we use the >converted >> briefings/video for linux/mac people? > >Whoa... > >> Or is this still a violation of GPL? > >No, it is not a violation of GPL. It is a violation of copyright >law. >You cannot distribute proprietary files simply because you >converted >them to another format, they are still copyrighted. > >If you are thinking of an installer for people that own the >original >CDs, then yes, you can convert them to whatever you feel like, or >simply >use the originals. > >I personally think this is not such a great idea, though. Not all >developers (and even fewer users) own the CDs, and basically you >would >need to have two versions of engine - one for using the proprietary >files, and another for whatever free content they are replaced >with.
Yes, of course they would have to have the CD, but I think I didn't explain it correctly. In windows, we can view/show all the rpl files, (once the code is put back in that is). We can only distribute a small subset of the rpl files that were in the original archive, these are mostly some breifings you have in campaign mode, and some victory/end videos. The enginge would first try to open the mpg (or whatever file format), and if not found, then it would read the rpl files then dump the data to mpg (or whatever) for future reading. The linux people would have to run the game under a emulator to do the converting. (only once though). Then since it would be converted, there wouldn't be any slowdown, and no need to run under emulation anymore. It would be up to the end-user to copy the files off the CD, if they want to view them. If not, then whatever has been made in place of the original files can be used (if anything at all). It wouldn't be a copyright violation, since enduser is going to copy the stuff they own from the CD. I know we couldn't distribute the converted files from the CD, but we can distribute the files from the original archive. Hope I cleared this up? 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 [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/warzone-dev
