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On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 10:11:53AM -0400, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> So basically, if I wanted to start working with some company to allow us |
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> to redistribute their IP in an official manner, as explained above, then |
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> I could do so, but the trustees would have to approve it, since it would |
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> be the Foundation that is the legal entity which actually receives the |
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> license, correct? |
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See it as a license that the company writes for the Gentoo Foundation wrt |
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the copying and redistribution of that particular IP. The trustees need to |
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implicitly accept the license (the same way you need to accept the GPL |
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license on GPL software before you use the software). |
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> I have been working on some new GameCD stuff, as you all are probably |
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> aware of by now. Well, I am getting to the point where I am ready to |
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> distribute it. The first GameCD that I wish to produce is an Unreal |
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> Tournament 2004 Demo GameCD. This was actually requested by Daniel |
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> Vogel and Ryan Gordon, both of Epic. Of course, this was requested way |
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> back in February of 2004, so I don't know if the offer still stands. |
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> Basically, I was going to contact Epic and see if they would grant us a |
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> license to redistribute the game in a modified (installed) form. I |
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> would also want permission to use their logos for the game and |
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> trademarks. |
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> Would anyone have any objections to me beginning to pursue this? |
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Surely not :) |
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Wkr, |
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Sven Vermeulen |
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