[vox] Outlaws redux
Micah J. Cowan
vox@lists.lugod.org
Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:24:25 -0800
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 05:29:58PM -0800, John McDonnell wrote:
> On the 18th day of November, Peter Jay Salzman said to me:
>
> > What we could do (and was previously proposed by legal with respect to
> > the SCUMM Engine) was that we make it available
>
> sounds good.
>
> > ("it" being either the entire engine or selected executable files)
> > either through our web site (subject to certain very limited terms that
> > make clear we continue to own the code,
>
> check 1 for the GPL
>
> > do not give up any claims of ownership to the code
>
> and check on this
>
> > and make it available entirely on an "as is" basis absent any kind of
> > warranties, support or other assistance."
>
> well, ding ding ding... we have a winner. Looks like the GPL all over :)
>
> OK, maybe not, but it looks doable.
I think you're missing that they specifically said "not the source":
in your quoted text above they are speaking *exclusively* of the
executables. That would be 100% pointless, IMO.
-Micah