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On Wednesday 13 April 2005 16:11, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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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 |
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> > > that it holds absolutely no value? Does this mean we have exactly |
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> > > zero means of getting licenses or engaging in partnerships with |
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> > > other companies? |
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> > |
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> > No, it means that if the Gentoo Foundation gets a redistribution |
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> > license from a third party that Gentoo can redistribute. If a |
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> > developer abuses this trust and redistributes it personally (not by |
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> > Gentoo) he is in error. In that case, the third party can blame |
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> > (read: sue) the developer but not the Gentoo Foundation (unless the |
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> > Gentoo Foundation has deliberately wrongfully misinformed that |
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> > 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 |
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> us to redistribute their IP in an official manner, as explained above, |
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> then I could do so, but the trustees would have to approve it, since it |
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> would be the Foundation that is the legal entity which actually |
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> receives the license, correct? |
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> |
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> > But the Gentoo Foundation cannot engage a legal contract on the |
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> > behalf of any Gentoo developer - with which I mean that the Gentoo |
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> > Foundation can not see the (volunteering) developers as employees and |
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> > has therefore no power over them. |
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> I'm still a bit fuzzy on this part, but since you answered what I |
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> really 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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Just be aware that if the foundation receives such a license, the trustees |
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of the foundation, as the legal deciding body for the foundation, would |
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need to perform the actual distribution. This would for example happen by |
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the foundation having a separate download space that is controlled by |
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(possibly indirectly) by the foundation. In effect this means that at |
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least one trustee must be involved in the publishing of actual works. In |
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short there will be a layer of indirection required. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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