On 10/9/06, Arnoud Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Without a piece of paper with Adam's signature saying otherwise, the copyright remains with him. So Ed should ensure he does not change the copyright notice.
That brings me a new issue, with more doubts, so I reproduce the messages I had with Ed. edward barlow wrote:
yes it was - although at some point i transitioned it to adam bryant who was at MIT (or was it boston university). i lost touch with him tho"
I wrote:
I have a copy of conquer v4, with a copyright statement in the header.h file that starts with: " /* conquer : Copyright (c) 1988, 1989 by Ed Barlow. "
I was wondering if you could allow permission to include the package into Debian GNU/Linux, that would require to change the permissions to permit the Debian or other GNU/Linux distributers to include the binaries and sources.
edward barlow wrote:
go for it. im glad anyone still wants to play it!
So, I replied:
Then, if you allow it, I will package conquer v4 changing sources license to the GNU General Public License, to allow its distribution,modification as free software.
Also I will need to ask about this in linux.debian.legal to see if this is just enough. Would you mind if I quoted your email? Further statements maybe required by your part.
edward barlow wrote:
no prob
So, I have been investigating. It seems Adam Bryant developed a new version 5 of conquer: http://www.cs.bu.edu/ftp/fs/pub/adb/beta/ where all the files hold notices disallowing redistribution of the code with a notice starting with. /* conquer : Copyright (c) 1992 by Ed Barlow and Adam Bryant */ Some people managed to talk with Adam in 1997 where he said he licensed conquer to a commercial developer, saying title would revert back to him if the company didn't release anything in two years. http://members.aol.com/heiska/ecframe/future.html A press release in 1997 also seems to cerfify that: http://web.archive.org/web/20020804001252/http://www.mythicentertainment.com/conquerpr.html My doubt is, how this license transfering of the Adam Bryant code could affect the old code of version 4 of conquer released in 1988 in USENET, the one that Ed allowed me to relicense as Free Software. Sorry for the sudden burdening of information, I tried to give all the information I can. -- Juan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
