Juan M. Mendez wrote: > 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.
<snip> > 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 */ Oh, great. Reading out of order sucks. It looks like Adam *didn't* make a all-new version, he made a *mess*. You do need to contact him or get rid of the Adam Bryant code. Arnoud is right in his reply -- it's not clear what Adam Bryant's statement transferring rights to Ed Barlow means in the context of this later information. > 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 -- Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bush admitted to violating FISA and said he was proud of it. So why isn't he in prison yet?... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
