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On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 15:40 +0200, Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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> > Are you saying that even though someone could grant us a license that it |
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> > holds absolutely no value? Does this mean we have exactly zero means of |
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> > getting licenses or engaging in partnerships with other companies? |
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> No, it means that if the Gentoo Foundation gets a redistribution license |
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> from a third party that Gentoo can redistribute. If a developer abuses this |
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> trust and redistributes it personally (not by Gentoo) he is in error. In |
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> that case, the third party can blame (read: sue) the developer but not the |
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> Gentoo Foundation (unless the Gentoo Foundation has deliberately wrongfully |
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> misinformed that developer in which case it is the Foundation's liability). |
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That explanation makes it much clearer. Thanks. |
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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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> But the Gentoo Foundation cannot engage a legal contract on the behalf of |
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> any Gentoo developer - with which I mean that the Gentoo Foundation can not |
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> see the (volunteering) developers as employees and has therefore no power |
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> over them. |
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I'm still a bit fuzzy on this part, but since you answered what I really |
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wanted to know above, I'll let it slide. |
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The deal is this: |
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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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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |