[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