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On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 16:37 +0200, Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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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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Consider the process started, then. |
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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 |